The Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2018

Made: 12th May 2018

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 15th May 2018

Coming into force: 1st May 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 36(3) and 109(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2018 and shall come into force on 1st May 2019.

• (2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

Form of notice for recovery of possession

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• (1) Where the landlord is seeking to recover possession of a house which is the subject of a short Scottish secure tenancy created by virtue of section 35 or paragraph 1, 2, or 2A of schedule 6 of the Act the prescribed form of notice for the purposes of section 36(3) of the Act is contained in schedule 1.

• (2) Where the landlord is seeking to recover possession of a house which is the subject of a short Scottish secure tenancy created by virtue of paragraph 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 7A of schedule 6 of the Act the prescribed form of notice for the purposes of section 36(3) of the Act is contained in schedule 2.

Revocation

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The Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002 are revoked.

Saving Provision

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Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity of a notice under section 36(3) of the Act served prior to 1st May 2019.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

KEVIN STEWART — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2018-05-12

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2001 asp 10.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2002/319.

Editorial notes

[^c22969791]: 2001 asp 10.

[^c22969801]: S.S.I. 2002/319.

[^key-536577c784a506bde76016bd05f657e5]: Sch. 2 expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 asp 7, sch. 1 para. 9 (30.3.2022) by The Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/64), reg. 2(a) (with regs. 4, 5)