{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/58",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part IV.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act—\n“contractual period” means a rental priod of a regulated tenancy which is a period beginning before the expiry or termination of the protected tenancy;\n“contractual rent limit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 28(1) above;\n“notice of increase” means a notice of increase under section 29(2) or 30(2) above, as the case may require;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 41 above, and references to a prescribed form include references to a form substantially to the same effect as the prescribed form;\n“recoverable rent” means rent which, under a regulated tenancy, is or was for the time being recoverable, having regard to the provisions of this Part of this Act;\n“a rent agreement with a tenant having security of tenure” has the meaning assigned to it by section 34 above;\n“rental period” means a period in respect of which a payment of rent falls to be made;\n“statutory period” means any rental period of a regulated tenancy which is not a contractual period.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 42(2), 49(4)(5) repealed by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 72(3), Sch. 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/section/42",
    "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."
}