# Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 43C: Meaning of “relevant rent increase”


(1) In this Part, “relevant rent increase”, in relation to a current tenancy, means—
(a) an increase in the amount payable in rent under a previous private residential tenancy or an assured tenancy of a property that is the same or substantially the same as the property let (or to be let) under the current tenancy (“a relevant tenancy”),
(b) a setting of the initial rent under a relevant tenancy (“tenancy A”) if—
(i) that initial rent is an amount exceeding the final rent under the relevant tenancy that immediately preceded tenancy A (“tenancy B”),
(ii) tenancy B ended no more than 12 months before the start of tenancy A, and
(iii) the property let under tenancy A is not an excluded property as mentioned in subsection (2).
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), property let under tenancy A is an excluded property if—
(a) the property was purchased by the landlord under tenancy A with vacant possession, and
(b) tenancy A was the first private residential tenancy or assured tenancy granted by the landlord since the purchase.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/43C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-43C
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