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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-recovery-and-reform-scotland-act-2022/section-46",
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  "legislation": "asp/2022/8",
  "legislation_title": "Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-recovery-and-reform-scotland-act-2022",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Private residential tenancies: pre-action protocol",
  "text": "(1) The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 12 of schedule 3 (rent arrears)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (4)—\n(i) the words from “whether the” to “benefit” become paragraph (a),\n(ii) after paragraph (a) insert “, and\n“(b) the extent to which the landlord has complied with the pre-action protocol prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations.”,\n(b) after sub-paragraph (5) insert—\n“(6) Regulations under sub-paragraph (4)(b) may make provision about—\n(a) information which should be provided by a landlord to a tenant (including information about the terms of the tenancy, rent arrears and any other outstanding financial obligation under the tenancy),\n(b) steps which should be taken by a landlord with a view to seeking to agree arrangements with a tenant for payment of future rent, rent arrears and any other outstanding financial obligation under the tenancy,\n(c) such other matters as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.”.\n(3) In section 77(3) (regulation-making powers), after “41” insert “and paragraph 12(4)(b) of schedule 3”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 46 in force at 1.10.2022, see s. 59(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2022/8/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:20.883893+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}