Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025
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Part 1Tenancy reform
Chapter 5Discrimination in the rental market: Scotland
Supplementary
55Interpretation of Chapter 5
In this Chapter—
“benefits claimant” means a person who—
(a)
is entitled to payments (including payments made directly to a landlord) under or by virtue of benefits and welfare legislation or would be so entitled were the person to become a tenant under a private residential tenancy, or
(b)
is entitled, or would (on application or otherwise), if the person were to rent the property, be entitled, by virtue of section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, to a reduction in the amount of council tax payable in respect of the property on the basis of income or an entitlement to a payment mentioned in paragraph (a);
“benefits and welfare legislation” means—
(b)
the Jobseekers Act 1995;
(c)
(d)
the Tax Credits Act 2002;
(e)
(f)
(g)
the Pensions Act 2014;
“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“relevant tenancy” means—
(a)
a private residential tenancy under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19);
(b)
an assured tenancy under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988;
(c)
a protected or statutory tenancy under the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984;
“tenant” includes sub-tenant.