
2017 No. 349
Housing
The Rent Regulation and Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Made 24th October 2017
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 26th October 2017
Coming into force 1st December 2017
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53(1) and (3) and paragraph 8(1)(a) of schedule 5 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984  and sections 17(2), and (3), 19(3), 24(1) and (3), 34(1), 48(2), 53(3) and 55(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988  and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Rent Regulation and Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st December 2017.
Forms
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The forms set out in the schedule are the forms to be used for the purposes of the provisions of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 which are referred to in those forms.
Revocations
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(1) Regulation 5(2) and schedule 4 of the Rent Regulation (Forms and Information etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 are revoked.
(2) Regulation 3 and schedule 2 of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (Procedure) Regulations 2016 are revoked.
Saving and transitional provisions
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(1) Despite their revocation by regulation 3, regulation 5(2) and schedule 4 of the Rent Regulation (Forms and Information etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 1991  continue to have effect in relation to any rent book required by section 79(1) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 and in existence immediately before 1st December 2017.
(2) On and after 1st December 2017, a form under the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (Procedure) Regulations 2016  which was served on a landlord or tenant or used to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber prior to 1st December 2017, is to be treated for all purposes as if it were the equivalent form under these Regulations.
ANNABELLE EWING

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE
FORMS

Regulation 2

List of FormsForm Name Purpose Relevant provisions of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984
Form 6 Notice requiring landlord or tenant to supply the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber with information Paragraph 8(1)(a) of schedule 5
Form of rent book Form under section 79(1) Section 79(1)
Form No Purpose Relevant provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988
AT1 (L) Notice by landlord under section 17(2) proposing terms of a statutory assured tenancy different from the terms of the former tenancy Section 17(2)
AT1 (T) Notice by tenant under section 17(2) proposing terms of a statutory assured tenancy different from the terms of the former tenancy Section 17(2)
AT2 Notice by landlord under section 24(1) of an increase of rent under an assured tenancy Section 24(1)
AT3 (L) Application by a landlord to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber for a determination of the terms of a statutory assured tenancy and, if appropriate, rent for that tenancy under section 17(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 Section 17(3)
AT3 (T) Application by a tenant to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber for a determination of the terms of a statutory assured tenancy and, if appropriate, rent for that tenancy under section 17(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 Section 17(3)
AT4 Application by a tenant to the First-tier Tribunal Housing and Property Chamber for a determination of rent under sections 24(3) and 34(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 Section 24(3) and 34(1)
AT6 Notice under section 19 of intention to raise proceedings for possession Section 19
AT8 Notice under section 48(2) requiring that a landlord or tenant supply the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber with information Section 48(2)