Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

PART III S CONSEQUENCES OF CESSATION OF CONTROL ORDER

Transfer of landlord’s interest in tenancies and agreements S

8 (1) On and after the date on which the control order ceases to have effect any lease, licence or agreement in which the local authority were substituted for any other party by virtue of section 180 shall have effect as if for the authority there were substituted in the lease, licence or agreement the original party or his successor in title. S

(2) On and after the date on which the control order ceases to have effect any agreement in the nature of a lease or licence created by the local authority shall have effect as if the dispossessed proprietor were substituted in the agreement for the authority.

(3) If the dispossessed proprietor is a lessee, nothing in any superior lease shall impose any liability on the dispossessed proprietor or any superior lessee in respect of anything done in pursuance of the terms of an agreement in which the dipossessed proprietor is substituted for the local authority by virtue of this paragraph.

Cases where leases have been modified while control order was in force S

9 S —If under section 185 the sheriff modifies or determines a lease, the sheriff may include in the order modifying or determining the lease provisions for modifying the effect of paragraph 8 in relation to the lease.

Interpretation S

10 S —References in this Part of this Schedule to the control order ceasing to have effect are references to its ceasing to have effect whether on revocation or in any other circumstances.