{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/schedule-5/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/schedule-5/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/58",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After considering, in accordance with paragraph 5 above, what rent ought to be registered or, as the case may be, whether a different rent ought to be registered, the rent officer shall, as the case may require,—\n(a) determine a fair rent and register it as the rent for the dwelling-house; or\n(b) confirm the rent for the time being registered and note the confirmation in the register;\nand shall notify the landlord and the tenant accordingly by a notice stating that if, within 28 days of the service of the notice or such longer period as he or the First-tier Tribunal may allow, an objection in writing is received by the rent officer from the landlord or the tenant the matter will be referred to the First-tier Tribunal.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 6 substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(28)(a) (with sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/schedule/5/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:00.324932+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."
}