# The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2026, Part 1: Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2026 Table 1 Column 1 (Provisions of the Act) Column 2 (Subject matter) Column 3 (Purpose) Section 1 Periodic assessment of rent conditions Section 2 Report to Scottish Ministers following periodic assessment Section 3 Interim assessment and reports by local authorities Section 4 Scottish Ministers to review local authority report Section 5 Further assessment of rent conditions and report by local authority Section 6 Ministerial guidance on assessments of rent conditions Section 7 Ministerial guidance on reports following assessments of rent conditions Section 8 Scottish Ministers’ duty to report Section 9 Power to designate rent control area Section 10 Designation of rent control area: consultation Section 11 Duty to keep rent control area under review Section 12 Variation of rent controls in existing rent control area: consultation Section 13 Properties subject to modified rent control area restrictions Section 14 Information that may be sought by local authority or the Scottish Ministers Section 15 Information sharing and cooperation between local authorities and the Scottish Ministers Section 18 Scottish Ministers’ request for landlord information from local authorities Section 19 Power to require landlords to provide information Section 20 Power to modify law in connection with the expiry of rent control area Section 21 Scottish Ministers: information and research Section 22 Prospective landlords’ duty to include information about rent in advertisements For the purposes of an advertisement placed on or after 1 April 2026. Section 23 Setting and variation of rent For all remaining purposes. Section 27 Review of the operation of Part 1 of the Act Section 33 Review of eviction grounds Section 35 Private residential tenancies: keeping pets and making changes to let property For the purposes of inserting sections 64B(1) and (3), 64C(3), 64E, 64F, 64G, 64I(1) and (3), 64J(3), 64L, 64M, 64N, and 64O into the 2016 Act to enable the Scottish Ministers to consult or, as the case may be, make regulations under those sections. Section 36 Scottish secure tenancies etc.: keeping pets For the purposes of inserting sections 31B, 31C and 31D, and paragraph 8B of schedule 5, into the 2001 Act to enable the Scottish Ministers to consult or, as the case may be, make regulations under those sections or that paragraph. Section 38 Applications for registration For the purposes of applications for registration under section 30(1) of the 2014 Act made on or after 1 April 2026. Section 39 Duty to inform: change of circumstances Section 40 Revocation of registration: where agent no longer exists Section 41 Removal from register on application: notification of agent Section 42 Note on register where entry refused or removed: duration Section 43 Power to obtain information and carry out inspections For the purposes of a notice served by the Scottish Ministers under section 52(1) of the 2014 Act on or after 1 April 2026 or, as the case may be, an inspection carried out by an authorised person under section 53(1) of the 2014 Act on or after 1 April 2026. Section 44(1) and (3) Private residential tenancies: ending a joint tenancy For the purposes of enabling regulations to be made under section 48A(1)(b)(ii), (1)(c)(ii)(B), (3)(c), (5), (6) and (7) of the 2016 Act (as inserted by section 44(3) of the Act). Section 45 Student residential tenancies: power to enable tenant to bring tenancy to an end Section 52(1) Duties of relevant bodies in relation to homelessness Section 52(9) Duties of relevant bodies in relation to homelessness For the purposes of enabling regulations to be made under section 36C(2)(c) of the 1987 Act (as inserted by section 52(9) of the Act). Section 52(11) Duties of relevant bodies in relation to homelessness Section 52(12)(c) and (13) Duties of relevant bodies in relation to homelessness For the purposes of enabling regulations to be made under section 43A of the 1987 Act (as inserted by section 52(13) of the Act). Section 53 Power to modify provision about a person becoming homeless intentionally Section 58 Scottish social housing charter: supporting tenants affected by domestic abuse Section 61 New pitch fees: considerations For the purposes of a notice served by an owner on an occupier, under paragraph 17(1) or 19(1) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of schedule 1 of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 , on or after 1 April 2026, proposing a new pitch fee. Section 62 Meaning of “protected site” Section 64 Registration: fit and proper person considerations Section 65 Revocation of registration: where property factor no longer exists Section 66 Removal from register following application Section 67 Note on register where refusal or removal For the purposes of a decision to refuse to enter a person in the register under section 4(5) of the 2011 Act, or a decision to remove a person from the register under section 8(1) of the 2011 Act, where that decision was taken on or after 1 April 2026. Section 68 Property factor registered numbers: inclusion in communications For the purposes of communication sent or placed on or after 1 April 2026. Section 69 Monitoring of compliance Section 70 Power for majority of owners to dismiss and appoint manager For the purposes of a vote to exercise the power in section 64(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 which takes place on or after 1 April 2026. Section 71 Fuel poverty strategy: consultation Section 72 Periodic reports: periods, consultation and publication etc. Section 73 Advisory panel: removal of funding cap Section 77 Review of classification of properties Section 80 Guidance for local authorities about a local housing emergency Section 81 Rural impact assessment Section 85 Minor and consequential amendments For the purposes of bringing into force the minor and consequential amendments in the schedule of the Act that are listed in this table. Paragraph 1 of the schedule Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 Paragraph 3(1), (2)(a) and (3) of the schedule Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 Paragraph 3(2)(b) and (c) of the schedule Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 For the purposes of inserting “, 31B(1), 31C(1)” into sections 109(4) and 109(6) of the 2001 Act. Paragraph 4 of the schedule Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 Paragraph 5 of the schedule Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 Paragraph 6 of the schedule Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 Paragraph 7(1) and (2)(a) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 Paragraph 7(3) and (4)(a)(i), (b) and (c) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 Paragraph 7(4)(d) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 For the purposes of inserting paragraph (ca) into section 73(2) of the 2016 Act. Paragraph 7(5) and (6)(a) and (b) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 Paragraph 7(6)(c)(i) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 For the purposes of inserting “, 17A(6)” into section 77(3) of the 2016 Act. Paragraph 7(6)(c)(ii) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 For all purposes except the insertion of “51A(6),” into section 77(3) of the 2016 Act. Paragraph 7(6)(d), (7) and (8) of the schedule Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/115/schedule/part/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2025-commencement-no-3-regulations-2026/schedule/part-1 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.