Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 Explanatory Notes

Student residential tenancies: criminal behaviour

77.As noted above, the enforcement restrictions that are imposed by paragraph 1(1) and (2) of schedule 2 do not apply in relation to a student residential tenancy where the eviction order is or was granted in respect of the circumstances set out in paragraph 2 of the schedule. This is where a tenant receives a relevant conviction for an offence that was committed by using, or allowing the use of, the let property for an immoral or illegal purpose, or an offence that is punishable by imprisonment and committed within, or in the locality of, the let property.

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