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Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022

Part 1 – Residential tenancies – rent cap and evictions

7.Section 1 introduces schedule 1 which makes temporary modifications in relation to rent controls in the following—

  • the 2016 Act in relation to private residential tenancies (paragraph 1 of schedule 1),

  • the 1988 Act in relation to assured tenancies and short assured tenancies (paragraph 2 of schedule 1),

  • the 2001 Act in relation to Scottish secure tenancies and short Scottish secure tenancies (paragraph 3 of schedule 1),

  • student residential tenancies (governed by contract) (paragraph 4 of schedule 1).

8.Section 2 introduces schedule 2 which makes temporary modifications to the law in relation to evictions. In particular, schedule 2 adjusts the law on evictions to temporarily restrict the enforcement of various eviction orders and provides for limited exceptions to the restriction.

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