The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993

Made: 11th March 1993

Laid before Parliament: 11th March 1993

Coming into force: 1st April 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and (3), 19(3), 24(1) and (3), 32(2) and (4), 34(1), 48(2), 53(3) and 55(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Amendment of Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988

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The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988[^f00002] are hereby amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE — AMENDMENT OF ASSURED TENANCIES (FORMS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1988

The Schedule to the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 shall be amended as follows—

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In the list of forms—

• (a) in the third column, for the words “Statutory references to the Act” there shall be substituted “References to the Act in forms” and for the words “Section 32(2)” and the entry relating to section 19(3) there shall be substituted, respectively, “Section 32” and “Section 19”; and

• (b) at the end there shall be added the following entry—

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In form AT2: Part 2 at the end of note 5 there shall be added the words “(except during the period commencing on 1st April 1993 and ending on 31st March 1994 when he can increase the rent to take account of the council tax—a separate form, form AT9, has to be used for this purpose.)”

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In form AT4—

• (a) in the heading, after the words “section 24(3)” there shall be inserted “25A”; and

• (b) in Part 11 at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

(e) A copy of notice AT9 if one has been served on you by your landlord.

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At the end of the forms there shall be added the following form—

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 11th March 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and are consequential on the introduction of the council tax.

The Regulations prescribe the new form to be used for an increase of rent on account of the council tax, as provided for by section 25A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 as inserted by the local Government Finance (Housing) (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1993, and make consequential and drafting changes to the rest of the regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 43; section 19(3) was amended by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), Schedule 17, paragraph 85(b); section 55(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1988/2109.