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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-residential-tenancies-prescribed-notices-and-forms-scotland-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/279",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Residential Tenancies (Prescribed Notices and Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-residential-tenancies-prescribed-notices-and-forms-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made under various powers conferred on the Scottish Ministers in the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (“the Act”) to prescribe the requirements which must be fulfilled by certain notices given by a landlord under the Act; the contents, form and manner of service of such notices; the form of certain referrals by a tenant to a rent officer under the Act and the manner in which such a referral should be intimated to the landlord. The forms contained in these Regulations are for use by landlords and tenants on and after 1 April 2027.\nRegulation 2 (read with Schedule 1) prescribes the form of the notice to be given, by a tenant to their landlord, of the tenant's intention to make an application under section 14(1) or 16(1) of the Act. This is an application to the First-Tier Tribunal to either draw up the written terms of the tenancy or to sanction the landlord for failing to provide written terms of the tenancy or other specified information.\nRegulation 3 (read with Schedule 2) prescribes the form of the rent-increase notice to be given by a landlord to a tenant in accordance with section 22(1) of the Act.\nRegulation 4 (read with Schedule 3) prescribes the form to be used when a tenant, having received a rent-increase notice, wishes to refer the rent increase to a rent officer for determination in accordance with section 24(1) of the Act. Regulation 4 also prescribes the manner in which a referral by a tenant to a rent officer under section 24(1) must be intimated by the tenant to the landlord.\nRegulation 5 (read with Schedule 4) prescribes the form of the notice to leave which a landlord may serve on a tenant under section 50(1)(a) of the Act.\nRegulation 6 (read with Schedule 5) prescribes the form of the notice to leave which a landlord may serve directly on a sub-tenant under section 61(1) of the Act.\nRegulation 7 saves the preceding regulations made under these powers for a notice or referral given, made or intimated prior to these regulations coming into force.\nRegulation 8 revokes previous regulations made under these powers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/279/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:28:50.850456+00:00"
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  "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."
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