# Housing (Scotland) Act 2025, Section 8: Scottish Ministers’ duty to report

Extent: S

(1) The Scottish Ministers, having considered a report from a local authority under section 4 or a further report mentioned in section 5(2), must prepare and publish a report—
(a) stating—
(i) whether or not they propose to lay a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under section 9(1) designating all or part of the area of the local authority as a rent control area, and
(ii) the reasons for their decision,
(b) including an explanation of such other matters as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
(2) The Scottish Ministers must publish the report prepared by them—
(a) as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the relevant local authority report,
(b) in such manner as they consider appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/13/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2025/section-8
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