The Assured Tenancies (Tenancies at a Low Rent) (Scotland) Order 1988

Made: 28th November 1988

Laid before Parliament: 8th December 1988

Coming into force: 2nd January 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 53(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 [^f00001]and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Tenancies at a Low Rent) (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 2nd January 1989.

2

For the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (tenancies at a low rent), there is specified—

• (a) in the case of a tenancy where the rent is payable weekly, a rent of £6 per week; and

• (b) in the case of a tenancy where the rent is payable for any other period, a rent calculated for that period at the rate of £6 per week.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 28th November 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 12(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 provides that if and so long as a tenancy falls within any paragraph of Schedule 4 to the Act, it cannot be an assured tenancy. Paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule provides that a tenancy under which either no rent is payable or the rent payable is less than that specified by order is such a tenancy.

This Order specifies —

• (a) in the case of a tenancy where the rent is payable weekly, a rent of £6 per week; and

• (b) in the case of a tenancy where the rent is payable for any other period, a rent calculated for that period at a rate of £6 per week.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 43