SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 5 Grounds for Possession of Houses let on Assured Tenancies
Part III Suitable Alternative Accommodation
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Where no such certificate as is mentioned in paragraph 1 above is produced to the F1First-tier Tribunal , accommodation shall be deemed to be suitable for the purposes of Ground 9 above if it consists of either—
a
premises which are to be let as a separate dwelling such that they will then be let on an assured tenancy, other than—
i
a tenancy in respect of which notice is served not later than the beginning of the tenancy that possession might be recovered on any of Grounds 1 to 5 above; or
ii
a short assured tenancy, within the meaning of Part II of this Act; or
b
premises to be let as a separate dwelling on terms which will, in the opinion of the F3Tribunal , afford to the tenant security of tenure reasonably equivalent to the security afforded by Part II of this Act in the case of an assured tenancy of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) above,
and, in the opinion of the F2Tribunal , the accommodation fulfils the relevant conditions as defined in paragraph 3 below.
Sch. 5 modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by virtue of Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 2 para. 5(4) (with ss. 1(2), 6, 7, 8) (as amended (1.4.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/82, regs. 1(3), 2(2)); and (27.9.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/275, regs. 1(2), 2(2)