Housing emergency 51FA Power to make provision about the declaration of a national housing emergency 10 (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with the 1 national housing emergency by the Scottish Ministers. declaration of a (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision about— (a) the meaning of a national housing emergency for the purpose of the regulations, (b) the circumstances in which a national housing emergency may or must be declared 15 by the Scottish Ministers, (c) the effect of declaring a national housing emergency, including any action that may or must be taken by the Scottish Ministers following such a declaration, (d) the conferral of powers on the Scottish Ministers to obtain information for the purpose of, or in connection with, enabling or assisting the Scottish Ministers in 20 taking any such action, (e) the enforcement of these powers, (f) the circumstances in which a national housing emergency that has been declared ceases to apply. (3) The Scottish Ministers must, before the end of the period of 18 months beginning with 25 the day on which subsection (1) comes into force, lay before the Scottish Parliament a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under that subsection. 51FB Guidance for local authorities about a local housing emergency (1) The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance to local authorities about the declaration of a local housing emergency by a local authority. 30 (2) The guidance may, in particular, include provision about— (a) the meaning of a local housing emergency, (b) the circumstances in which a local housing emergency may be declared by a local authority, (c) the effect of a local authority declaring a local housing emergency, including any 35 action that may be taken by the local authority following such a declaration, (d) the circumstances in which a local housing emergency that has been declared ceases to apply, and 92 Housing (Scotland) Bill Part 6A—Impact Assessment (e) any other matter relating to a local housing emergency as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (3) A local authority must, in the exercise of its functions in relation to housing, have regard any guidance issued under subsection (1). 5 (4) Before issuing any guidance under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers— (a) must consult local authorities, and (b) may consult any other person they consider appropriate. (5) The Scottish Ministers must publish any guidance issued under subsection (1) in such manner as they consider appropriate. 10 P ART 6A 1 I MPACT A SSESSMENT 51G Rural impact assessment (1) The Scottish Ministers must, no later than 12 months after Royal Assent, conduct an impact assessment of the provisions of this Act on rural and island communities. 15 (2) On completing the impact assessment, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) lay a report on the impact assessment before the Scottish Parliament, (b) publish the report in such manner as they consider appropriate. (3) The report under subsection (2) must include a statement of the action, if any, the Scottish Ministers intend to take as a result of conducting the impact assessment. 20 P ART 7 F INAL PROVISIONS 52 Regulations (1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under this Act includes power to make different provision for different purposes or areas. 25 (3) or (4) are subject to the negative procedure. (2) Regulations under section 1 (3) Regulations under section 9(1), 14(1), 15(7) or (7A), 17C(1), (5) or (6), 18(1), or 51FA(1) are subject to the affirmative procedure. (4) This section does not apply to regulations under section 56(2). 53 Ancillary provision 30 (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act or any provision made under it. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may modify any enactment (including this Act). 93 Housing (Scotland) Bill Part 7—Final provisions (3) Regulations under subsection (1)— (a) are subject to the affirmative procedure if they add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act, but (b) otherwise, are subject to the negative procedure. 5 54 Interpretation In this Act— “the 2016 Act” means the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, “First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, “private residential tenancy” means a private residential tenancy under the 2016 10 Act. 1 55 Minor and consequential modifications The schedule contains minor and consequential modifications of enactments. 56 Commencement (1) This Part, except for section 55, comes into force on the day after Royal Assent. 15 (2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint. (2A) But if any provision of Part 5 is not in force before the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the day after Royal Assent, the provision comes into force on the day after the end of that period. 20 (3) Regulations under subsection (2) may— (a) include transitional, transitory or saving provision, (b) make different provision for different purposes. 57 Short title The short title of this Act is the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025. 94 Housing (Scotland) Bill Schedule—Minor and consequential modifications of enactments SCHEDULE Introduced by section 55 M...