- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
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(1)A landlord may not make an application to the First-tier Tribunal for an eviction order against a tenant using a copy of a notice to leave until the expiry of the relevant period in relation to that notice.
(2)The relevant period in relation to a notice to leave—
(a)begins on the day the tenant receives the notice to leave from the landlord, and
(b)expires on the day falling—
(i)28 days after it begins if subsection (3) applies,
(ii)84 days after it begins if subsection (3) does not apply.
(3)This subsection applies if—
(a)on the day the tenant receives the notice to leave, the tenant has been entitled to occupy the let property for not more than six months, or
(b)the only eviction ground, or grounds, stated in the notice to leave is, or are, one or more of the following—
(i)that the tenant is not occupying the let property as the tenant's home,
(ii)that the tenant has failed to comply with an obligation under the tenancy,
(iii)that the tenant has been in rent arrears for three or more consecutive months,
(iv)that the tenant has a relevant conviction,
(v)that the tenant has engaged in relevant anti-social behaviour,
(vi)that the tenant associates in the let property with a person who has a relevant conviction or has engaged in relevant anti-social behaviour.
(4)The reference in subsection (1) to using a copy of a notice to leave in making an application means using it to satisfy the requirement under section 52(3).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 54(3)(b) modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 2 para. 4(1)(2) (with ss. 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))
Commencement Information
I1S. 54 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.
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