Section 43F Meaning of other termsF1

In this Part—

• “assured tenancy” means an assured tenancy under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,

• “final rent”, in relation to a tenancy, means the amount that was payable in rent at the end of the tenancy,

• “initial rent”, in relation to a tenancy, means the amount that is (or is to be) payable in rent at the start of the tenancy,

• “previous rent increase”, in relation to a current tenancy, means—

  1. (a)

     a setting of the initial rent under the current tenancy that exceeds the final rent under the immediately preceding tenancy, or

  2. (b)

     a relevant rent increase.

For the purpose of this Part, whether property let under a tenancy is the same or substantially the same as property let under a previous tenancy is to be determined with reference to a comparison between the description of each property in the terms applying to each tenancy.