# Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025, Paragraph 7: Alteration of rent by agreement

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) A small landholder and a landlord of a small landholding may, by written agreement, alter the rent payable in respect of the holding.
(2) Any agreement under sub-paragraph (1) must specify the period during which the altered rent is payable.
(3) On the expiry of the period specified in an agreement by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), the rent specified in the agreement as payable immediately before the expiry of the period remains the rent payable unless and until—
(a) a new agreement entered into under sub-paragraph (1) takes effect, or
(b) an order of the Land Court fixing the rent under paragraph 8 or 9 takes effect.
(4) Nothing in this paragraph prevents a new agreement under sub-paragraph (1) from taking effect prior to the expiry of the period specified in an agreement by virtue of sub-paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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