PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 1 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES
Short Scottish secure tenancies
I134 Short Scottish secure tenancies
1
A tenancy of a house is a short Scottish secure tenancy if—
a
it would have been a Scottish secure tenancy but for this section,
b
it is for a term of not less than 6 months, and
c
before its creation, the prospective landlord serves on the prospective tenant a notice under subsection (4).
2
A prospective landlord may serve a notice under subsection (4) only where any of the paragraphs of schedule 6 is satisfied.
3
The Scottish Ministers may by order modify that schedule.
4
A notice under this subsection—
a
must be in such form as the Scottish Ministers may prescribe by regulations,
b
must state that the tenancy to which it relates is to be a short Scottish secure tenancy and specify the paragraph of that schedule which is satisfied in relation to it, and
c
must specify the term of the tenancy.
5
At the ish of the tenancy it may continue—
a
by tacit relocation, or
b
by express agreement,
and the continued tenancy is a short Scottish secure tenancy despite subsection (1) not being satisfied.
6
The provisions of this Chapter, except sections 11(2) and (4), 12 and 22 and schedules 1 and 3, apply to a short Scottish secure tenancy as they do to a Scottish secure tenancy.
7
Where a tenancy is a short Scottish secure tenancy by virtue of section 35 or paragraph 1 or 2 of schedule 6 the landlord must provide, or ensure the provision of, such housing support services as it considers appropriate with a view to enabling the conversion of the tenancy to a Scottish secure tenancy by virtue of section 37.
8
The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance as to the housing support services which are appropriate for the purposes of subsection (7).