However, at that meeting, the Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to raise questions in relation to the following delegated powers:
Section 1(4): Power to change time periods or dates for submission of subsequent reports on local authority assessment of rent conditions in local authority area;
Section 13(1): Power to define what is an “exempt property”;
Section 14(1): Power to allow rent increases for specified properties that exceed the amount that is otherwise permitted
Section 15(7): Power to change the information that may be requested by a local authority;
Section 18(1): Power to the modify law in connection with the expiry of rent control area designation;
Section 19(2): Inserted new section 43B(4) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to modify the meaning of expressions...