Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

Sub-tenancies

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.

(2)In the event that a person to whom a sub-tenancy notice to leave has been given becomes a tenant of the superior landlord by virtue of section 46(2), references in this Part to a notice to leave are to be read as references to the copy of the notice to leave which, in accordance with subsection (3), forms part of the sub-tenancy notice to leave.

(3)A sub-tenancy notice to leave is a notice which—

(a)incorporates the notice to leave given to the superior landlord’s tenant, and

(b)fulfils any other requirements prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations.

(4)In a case where two or more persons jointly are the landlord under a tenancy, a sub-tenancy notice to leave may be given by any one of those persons.