# Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 19: Frequency with which rent may be increased


(1) The rent payable under a private residential tenancy may not be increased more than once in a 12 month period.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), in a case where the last rent increase resulted from an order of the rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal, the 12 month period is to be regarded as commencing on the date on which the rent would have been increased in accordance with section 22(4) had a referral to a rent officer not been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-19
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