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Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19) xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
PART 1Private residential tenancy
3Writing not required to constitute private residential tenancy
(a)a person occupies a property as the person’s only or principal home in pursuance of the purported contract’s terms, and
4Extended meaning of tenancy in this Act
5Extended meaning of tenancy and related expressions in other enactments
PART 2Tenancy terms
8Regulations under section 7
(5)Where regulations are made under section 7 before section 1 comes into force, the reference in subsection (4) to tenants and landlords under private residential tenancies is to be read as a reference to persons who are likely to be affected by the regulations.
9Protection of terms allowing use of shared living accommodation
PART 3Tenancy information
11Duty to provide specified information
12Regulations about providing information
13Prohibition on charging for information
14Application to First-tier Tribunal to draw up terms
(3)The tenant may not make an application under subsection (1) unless the tenant has given the landlord notice of the tenant’s intention to make the application and the notice period described in section 17 has expired.
15First-tier Tribunal’s power to draw up terms
16First-tier Tribunal’s power to sanction failure to provide information
(a)three months’ rent, if the order is in respect of a failure by the landlord to perform—
(b)six months’ rent, if the order is in respect of a failure by the landlord to perform—
(c)may not be made unless the tenant has given the landlord notice of the tenant’s intention to make the application and the notice period described in section 17 has expired.
PART 4Rent
CHAPTER 1Restrictions in relation to rent, other charges and diligence
Restrictions on rent increases
18Method by which rent may be increased
19Frequency with which rent may be increased
Restrictions on other charges and diligence
20No premiums, advance payments, etc.
21Restriction on diligence
CHAPTER 2Rent variation instigated by landlord’s notice
Information about open market rent determinations
34Duty to make information available
CHAPTER 3Rent pressure zones
Designation and effect of rent pressure zone
35Request by local authority that a zone be designated
(1)A local authority may make an application to the Scottish Ministers asking that all or part of the authority’s area be designated as a rent pressure zone.
36Scottish Ministers’ duty to react to request
37Power to designate a zone
38Restriction on rent increases within a zone
Y is the amount (if any) by which the rent may be increased by virtue of a rent officer’s determination under section 42.
39Limits on power to designate a zone
40Procedure for designating a zone: consultation and information
41Power to change inflation index
Improvements to let property
42Rent officer’s power to allow rent rise in consequence of improvement
43Further provision about making and determining an application under section 42
(ii)if the rent officer sends to the tenant a copy of representations received from the landlord in accordance with subsection (3)(b), not more than 14 days after the tenant received the copy of the landlord’s representations.
PART 5Termination
CHAPTER 1Security of tenure
44No termination by parties except in accordance with this Part
45Landlord’s interest transfers with ownership of property
When ownership of a property let under a private residential tenancy is transferred, the landlord’s interest under the tenancy transfers with it.
46Protection for sub-tenants
(ii)the tenancy of a tenant from whom the mid-landlord’s tenancy is held (directly or indirectly), and
47Qualification of sub-tenant protection
(e)that a member of the landlord’s family intends to live in the let property,
CHAPTER 2Termination by tenant
48Tenant’s ability to bring tenancy to an end
49Requirements for notice to be given by tenant
CHAPTER 3Termination at landlord’s instigation
50Termination by notice to leave and tenant leaving
51First-tier Tribunal’s power to issue an eviction order
52Applications for eviction orders and consideration of them
(a)is stated in the notice to leave accompanying the landlord’s application in accordance with subsection (3), or
(b)has been included with the Tribunal’s permission in the landlord’s application as a stated basis on which an eviction order is sought.
53First-tier Tribunal’s power to disapply protection for sub-tenants
(1)This section applies in a case where a sub-tenant would become a tenant by virtue of section 46(2) were the First-tier Tribunal to issue an eviction order against the sub-tenant’s landlord.
(2)If the First-tier Tribunal considers it is reasonable to do so, it may state in an eviction order that section 46(2) is not to apply when the tenancy of the sub-tenant’s landlord is brought to an end by the order.
54Restriction on applying during the notice period
(i)that the tenant is not occupying the let property as the tenant’s home,
57Wrongful termination by eviction order
58Wrongful termination without eviction order
59Wrongful-termination order
(1)In this section and in sections 57, 58 and 60, “a wrongful-termination order” means an order requiring the person who was the landlord under the tenancy immediately before it ended to pay the person who made the application for the wrongful-termination order an amount not exceeding six months’ rent.
(b)stating that each person against whom the order is made is liable to pay a specified amount, but the cumulative total of each of the specified amounts must not exceed six months’ rent,
60Notice to local authority of wrongful-termination order
61Sub-tenancy notice to leave
(1)In addition to giving a tenant a notice to leave, a landlord (“the superior landlord”) may give to anyone who holds a tenancy directly or indirectly from the superior landlord’s tenant a sub-tenancy notice to leave.
(a)incorporates the notice to leave given to the superior landlord’s tenant, and
62Meaning of notice to leave and stated eviction ground
63Landlord includes lender in some cases
64Six month periods
PART 6Death of the tenant
65Termination of tenancy on tenant’s death
66Termination of joint tenant’s interest on death
(1)If, immediately before a person’s death, the person was a joint tenant under a private residential tenancy, the person’s interest as a tenant under the tenancy is extinguished on the person’s death.
67Partner’s entitlement to inherit
(1)When the sole tenant under a private residential tenancy dies, the tenant’s bereaved partner becomes the tenant under the tenancy if—
(b)in a case where the tenant and bereaved partner were neither married to, nor in a civil partnership with, one another immediately before the tenant’s death, the condition set out in subsection (3) is also met.
(a)that the tenant’s interest under the tenancy was not inherited by the tenant,
(b)that the tenant told the landlord, in writing, that the let property was being occupied by the bereaved partner as the bereaved partner’s only or principal home,
(c)that the bereaved partner was in a qualifying relationship with the tenant immediately before the tenant’s death, and
(d)that the let property is occupied as the bereaved partner’s only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death.
(3)The condition is that for a continuous period of at least 12 months, ending with the tenant’s death, the let property was occupied as the bereaved partner’s only or principal home.
(4)In determining whether the condition set out in subsection (3) is met, no account is to be taken of any time during which the bereaved partner was occupying the let property if and so far as it pre-dates the tenant telling the landlord, in writing, that the let property was being occupied as the bereaved partner’s only or principal home.
68Other family member’s entitlement to inherit
(b)the tenant’s interest under the tenancy was not inherited by the tenant, and
any member of the tenant’s family who meets the conditions set out in subsection (2) becomes the tenant under the tenancy.
(a)that the family member is at least 16 years of age at the time of the tenant’s death, and
(i)is occupying the let property as the family member’s only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death, and
(ii)has done so for a continuous period of at least 12 months ending with the tenant’s death.
(3)In determining whether the condition set out in subsection (2)(b)(ii) is met, no account is to be taken of any time during which the family member was occupying the let property if and so far as it pre-dates the tenant telling the landlord, in writing, that the let property was being occupied as the family member’s only or principal home.
69Carer’s entitlement to inherit
(a)that the resident carer is at least 16 years of age at the time of the tenant’s death,
(i)is occupying the let property as the resident carer’s only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death, and
(ii)has done so for a continuous period of at least 12 months ending with the tenant’s death, and
(3)In determining whether the condition set out in subsection (2)(b)(ii) is met, no account is to be taken of any time during which the resident carer was occupying the let property if and so far as it pre-dates the tenant telling the landlord, in writing, that the let property was being occupied as the resident carer’s only or principal home.
(b)a member of the tenant’s family.
70Interpretation of Part
(b)a person is a member of a tenant’s family if the person is—
(ii)a qualifying relative of a person who was in a qualifying relationship with the tenant immediately before the tenant’s death, or
(b)a person’s stepchild is to be regarded as the person’s child,
(c)a person (“A”) is to be regarded as the child of another person (“B”), if A is being or has been treated by B as B’s child.
71First-tier Tribunal’s jurisdiction
72First-tier Tribunal’s duty to report unregistered landlords
(a)the landlord’s name and address, and
73Minor errors in documents
PART 8Consequential and transitional provision
74Consequential modifications
76Ancillary regulations
77Regulation-making powers
SCHEDULE 2STATUTORY TERMS REQUIRED BY SECTION 8
3If a person aged 16 or over (who is not a joint tenant) occupies the let property with the tenant as that person’s only or principal home, the tenant must tell the landlord in writing—
(a)that person’s name, and
(b)the person’s relationship to the tenant.
(b)that person has ceased to occupy the let property as that person’s only or principal home,
(c)assign the tenant’s interest in the let property (or any part of it), or
Access for repairs etc.
(a)the tenant has been given at least 48 hours’ notice, or
7(1)The following are authorised purposes—
SCHEDULE 3EVICTION GROUNDS
PART 1LET PROPERTY REQUIRED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE
Landlord intends to sell
1(1)It is an eviction ground that the landlord intends to sell the let property.
Property to be sold by lender
2(1)It is an eviction ground that a lender intends to sell the let property.
Landlord intends to refurbish
3(1)It is an eviction ground that the landlord intends to carry out significantly disruptive works to, or in relation to, the let property.
Landlord intends to live in property
4(1)It is an eviction ground that the landlord intends to live in the let property.
(2)The First-tier Tribunal must find that the ground named by sub-paragraph (1) applies if the landlord intends to occupy the let property as the landlord’s only or principal home for at least 3 months.
(b)in a case where the landlord holds the landlord’s interest as a trustee under a trust, are to be read as referring to a person who is a beneficiary under the trust.
Family member intends to live in property
5(1)It is an eviction ground that a member of the landlord’s family intends to live in the let property.
(a)a member of the landlord’s family intends to occupy the let property as that person’s only or principal home for at least 3 months, and
(3)A member of the landlord’s family is to be regarded as having the intention mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) if—
(b)the landlord and (if different) a person entitled to make decisions about where the family member lives, intend that the family member will occupy the let property as the family member’s only or principal home for at least 3 months.
(4)For the purposes of this paragraph, a person is a member of the landlord’s family if the person is—
(d)a person’s stepchild is to be regarded as the person’s child,
(e)a person (“A”) is to be regarded as the child of another person (“B”), if A is being or has been treated by B as B’s child.
(7)Evidence tending to show that a member of the landlord’s family has the intention mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) includes (for example) an affidavit stating that the person has that intention.
Landlord intends to use for non-residential purpose
6(1)It is an eviction ground that the landlord intends to use the let property for a purpose other than housing.
Property required for religious purpose
7(1)It is an eviction ground that the let property is required for use in connection with the purposes of a religion.
(b)the property has previously been occupied by a person engaged in the work of a religious denomination as a residence from which that person’s duties were performed, and
PART 2TENANT’S STATUS
8(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenancy was entered into to provide an employee with a home and the tenant is not a qualifying employee.
No longer in need of supported accommodation
9(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenancy was entered into on account of the tenant having an assessed need for community care and the tenant has since been assessed as no longer having that need.
(b)the tenancy would not have been granted to the tenant on the basis of the latest assessment of the tenant’s needs under that section, and
PART 3TENANT’S CONDUCT
Not occupying let property
10(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenant is not occupying the let property as the tenant’s home.
(b)the property’s not being so occupied is not attributable to a breach of the landlord’s duties under Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.
12(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenant has been in rent arrears for three or more consecutive months.
(i)is in arrears of rent by an amount equal to or greater than the amount which would be payable as one month’s rent under the tenancy on that day, and
(b)the Tribunal is satisfied that the tenant’s being in arrears of rent over that period is not wholly or partly a consequence of a delay or failure in the payment of a relevant benefit.
(4)In deciding under sub-paragraph (3) whether it is reasonable to issue an eviction order, the Tribunal is to consider whether the tenant’s being in arrears of rent over the period in question is wholly or partly a consequence of a delay or failure in the payment of a relevant benefit.
13(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenant has a relevant conviction.
(i)the application for an eviction order that is before the Tribunal was made within 12 months of the tenant’s conviction, or
14(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenant has engaged in relevant anti-social behaviour.
Association with person who has relevant conviction or engaged in relevant anti-social behaviour
15(1)It is an eviction ground that the tenant associates in the let property with a person who has a relevant conviction or has engaged in relevant anti-social behaviour.
PART 4LEGAL IMPEDIMENT TO LET CONTINUING
Landlord has ceased to be registered
16(1)It is an eviction ground that the landlord is not registered by the relevant local authority under the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”).
HMO licence has been revoked
17(1)It is an eviction ground that the let property or associated living accommodation is in multiple occupation and not licensed under Part 5 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Overcrowding statutory notice
18(1)It is an eviction ground that an overcrowding statutory notice has been served on the landlord.
SCHEDULE 4CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS
2(1)The Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 43A(2) and (7), for the words “section 70 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988” there is substituted “Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016”.
(3)In section 53(1)(b), for the words “or the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988” there is substituted “, the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 or Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016”.
4(1)The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 is amended as follows.
(a)for the words “the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 or in Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988” there is substituted “an enactment mentioned in subsection (2)”,
(d)the title of the section becomes “Recovery of possession of house subject to statutorily regulated tenancy”.
(a)in paragraph (a), for the words “the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 or in Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988” there is substituted “an enactment mentioned in subsection (2)”,
(5)In schedule 2, in paragraph 16(a), for the words “an assured tenancy” there is substituted “a private residential tenancy”.
(a)after the word “possession” there is inserted “or an eviction order”,
(b)after the word “made” there is inserted “or issued”,
(a)in subsection (10), for the words from “the Rent” to “(c. 43)” there is substituted “an enactment mentioned in subsection (11)”,
(a)in sub-paragraph (10), for the words from “the Rent” to “(c. 43)” there is substituted “an enactment mentioned in sub-paragraph (11)”,
10(1)The Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 is amended as follows.
(i)after the word “tenancy” there is inserted “or private residential tenancy”,
SCHEDULE 5TRANSITION FROM REGIMES UNDER EARLIER ENACTMENTS
PART 1NO NEW ASSURED TENANCIES
No new assured tenancies
1(1)Section 12 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), after the word “subsection” there is inserted “(1A) or”.
No new short assured tenancies
2(1)The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(a)the word “and” is inserted at the end of paragraph (b),
PART 2CONVERSION OF TENANCIES UNDER PREVIOUS REGIMES
Change of tenancy status by agreement
3(1)The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 is amended as follows.
“Phasing out of assured tenancies
Change of tenancy status on succession
(2)As soon as the individual becomes the tenant, the individual’s tenancy of the dwelling-house—