Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 5 (1) The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 is modified as follows. (2) In section 36 (letting agent registration number), in subsection (3)(b), the word “operated” is repealed. 10 Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 1 (1) Act is modified as follows. 6 The 2016 (4) In section 24 (tenant’s right to refer increase to rent officer)— (a) subsection (2) is repealed, (b) in subsection (3)(d), for “21” substitute “30”. 15 (5) Chapter 3 (rent pressure zones) of Part 4 is repealed. (6) In section 73(2) (minor errors in documents)— (a) in paragraph (a)— (i) for “or” insert “, 43J(1),”, (ii) after “61(1)” insert “, 64B(2), 64C(2), 64I(2) or 64J(2)”, 20 (b) in paragraph (b), after “24(1)” insert “or 43L(2)”, (c) paragraph (c) and the word “and” that immediately follows that paragraph are repealed, (d) after paragraph (c) insert— “(ca) the document by which a request for review is made to a rent officer 25 under section 43O(1), (cb) the document by which a request is made for the landlord’s consent under section 64B(1) or 64I(1), and”. (7) In section 76 (ancillary regulations), after subsection (1) insert— “(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) may modify any enactment (including this 30 Act).”. (8) In section 77 (regulation-making powers)— (a) in subsection (1), after “purposes” insert “or areas”, (b) in subsection (2)— (i) after “22(2)(b)” insert “, 43J(3)(b), 48A(3)(c)”, 35 (ii) for “or 62(1)(d)” substitute “, 62(1)(d), 64B(1)(b), 64B(3)(d), 64C(3), 64I(1)(b), 64I(3)(d) or 64J(3)”, 86 Housing (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Minor and consequential modifications of enactments (iii) after “by a notice” insert “, pre-notice or request (as the case may be)”, (c) in subsection (3)— (i) after “12” insert “, 17A(5), 17C(1), 19(1)(a)”, (ii) for “and 41” substitute “, 41, 43B(4), 43CB(1) or (2), 43G(1)(b)(i), 48A(4A), 5 48A(4B), 51A(6), 59(5), 64E(1), 64F(1), 64L(1), 64M(1), 64N(1)”, (iii) after “schedule 3” insert “and paragraph 6(1) of schedule 5”, (d) in subsection (4)— (i) after “43” insert “, 43J(3)(b), 43L(3), 43O(2)(b), 43Q(4)(a), 48A(1)(b)(ii), 48A(1)(c)(ii)(B), 48A(3)(c)”, 10 (ii) for “and 62” substitute “, 62, 64B(1)(b), 64B(3)(d), 64C(3), 64I(1)(b), 1 64I(3)(d) and 64J(3)”. (9) In section 78 (interpretation), in subsection (1)— (a) after the opening words, insert— ““the 2025 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025,”, 15 (b) after the definition of “rent” insert— ““rent control area” means an area that is designated as a rent control area by regulations under section 9(1) of the 2025 Act,”, (c) for the definition of “rent-increase notice” substitute— ““rent-increase notice”, except where stated otherwise, has— 20 (a) in Chapter 2 of Part 4, the meaning given by section 22(1), (b) in Chapter 2 of Part 4A, the meaning given by section 43J(1).”. (10) In schedule 2 (statutory terms required by section 8), in paragraph 2, for “in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4” substitute “— (a) in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 if the let property— 25 (i) is not in a rent control area, or (ii) is in a rent control area but it is an exempt property within the meaning given by regulations under section 17C(1), (b) in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4A if the let property— (i) is in a rent control area, and 30 (ii) is not an exempt property as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(ii).”.