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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Saving Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 31 March 2025.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1988 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,
 “the 2016 Act” means the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.
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Despite the expiry of section 10 and schedule 3 of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 in accordance with section 11 of that Act and the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Expiry of Section 10: Extension) Regulations 2024, the Rent Adjudication (Temporary Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 continue in effect in relation to—
(a) a referral to a rent officer made prior to 1 April 2025, in accordance with section 24(1) of the 2016 Act, in relation to a rent-increase notice given in accordance with section 22(1) of that Act,
(b) an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal made in accordance with section 28(1) of the 2016 Act against an order of a rent officer made in relation to a referral described in paragraph (a),
(c) a referral to the First-tier Tribunal made prior to 1 April 2025, in accordance with section 24(3)(a) of the 1988 Act, in relation to a notice proposing a new rent served in accordance with section 24(1) of the 1988 Act,
(d) an appeal to the Upper Tribunal made in accordance with section 46 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 against an order of the First-tier Tribunal made in relation to a referral described in paragraph (c).
PAUL MCLENNAN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th February 2025