{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-17C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-17C.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/19",
  "legislation_title": "Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/17C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17C",
  "heading": "Application of this Part",
  "text": "(1) This Part applies in relation to a private residential tenancy of a property that—\n(a) is not in a rent control area, or\n(b) is in a rent control area but is an exempt property.\n(2) In this Part, “exempt property” has the meaning given by section 17D(1).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 17C, 17D and cross-heading inserted (7.1.2026 for the insertion of s. 17D and 1.4.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 23(3), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 3(a); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/17C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:28.355400+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."
}