Section 31 Effect of work on rentI1

Scotland

In assessing the rent to be payable under a Scottish secure tenancy by—

(a)

a tenant who has carried out work on the house,

(b)

a person who has succeeded that tenant in the tenancy, or

(c)

the spouse F1or civil partner of a person mentioned in paragraph (b) or a person living with that person as husband and wife or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between F2civil partners ,

no account is to be taken at any time of any improvement in the value or amenities of the house resulting from the work.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 31(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 63(a); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4
F2: Words in s. 31(c) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 63(b); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4

Commencement

I1: S. 31 wholly in force at 30.9.2002, see s. 113(1)(2) and S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 3 (with ss. 1(2), 6, 7, 8) (which affecting provision is continued until 31.3.2024 by The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/82), regs. 1(3), 2(2)) (as amended (27.9.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/275, reg. 2(2))