Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

286 Interpretation of ss.281 to 285.S

In sections 281 to 285 (effect of repurchase on occupier)—

(a)house” has the same meaning as in Part III (secure tenancies);

(b)occupier”, in relation to a house, means a person who occupies the house as his only or principal home or (in the case of a statutory tenant) as his residence;

(c)references to the grant of a secure tenancy are to the grant of a tenancy which would be a secure tenancy assuming that the tenant under the tenancy occupies the house as his only or principal home.