Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 S Grounds for Possession of Houses let on Assured Tenancies

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 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)

Part II S [F1 Further grounds on which First-tier Tribunal may order possession]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 44(6)(c), 59(1)

F2 [Ground 15] S

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 5 Ground 15 substituted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 23(4); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 5 Ground 15 restricted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 23(5); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4

F3 [The tenant, a person residing or lodging in the house with the tenant or a person visiting the house has—

(a) been convicted of—

(i) using or allowing the house to be used for immoral or illegal purposes; or

(ii) an offence punishable by imprisonment committed in, or in the locality of, the house; or

(b) acted in an anti-social manner in relation to a person residing, visiting or otherwise engaging in lawful activity in the locality; or

(c) pursued a course of anti-social conduct in relation to such a person as is mentioned in head (b) above.

In this Ground “anti-social”, in relation to an action or course of conduct, means causing or likely to cause alarm, distress, nuisance or annoyance, “conduct” includes speech and a course of conduct must involve conduct on at least two occasions and “tenant” includes any one of joint tenants.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 5 Ground 15 substituted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 23(4); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Sch. 5 Ground 15 restricted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 23(5); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4