The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Eviction from Dwelling-houses) (Notice Periods) Modification Regulations 2020

Paragraph 7 - Scottish secure tenancies: regrouping of notice periods

6.—(1) In paragraph 7(2) of schedule 1 (Scottish secure tenancies: extension of notice periods)—

(a) in head (a) for the text that is to be read as if it were substituted for section 14(4)(b)(i) of the 2001 Act, substitute—

“(i) the date calculated in accordance with—

(A) subsection (4A), where the notice is served before 3 October 2020,

(B) subsection (4E), where the notice is served on or after 3 October 2020, or”,

(b) in head (b)—

(i) in the text that is to be read as if it were inserted as section 14(4A) of the 2001 Act, for “subsection (4)(b)(i)” substitute “subsection (4)(b)(i)(A)”,

(ii) after the text that is to be read as if it were inserted as section 14(4D) of the 2001 Act, insert—

“(4E) For the purpose of subsection (4)(b)(i)(B), the date is the date falling—

(a) 4 weeks after the date of service of the notice if subsection (4F) applies,

(b) 3 months after the date of service of the notice if subsection (4G) applies,

(c) 6 months after the date of service of the notice if subsection (4H) applies.

(4F) This subsection applies if the notice under subsection (2) specifies only a ground, or grounds, set out in any of the following paragraphs of schedule 2—

(a) paragraph 2,

(b) paragraph 5,

(c) paragraph 7 or 8.

(4G) This subsection applies if the notice under subsection (2) specifies the ground set out in paragraph 6 of schedule 2 (whether with or without also specifying one or more of the grounds referred to in subsection (4F)).

(4H) This subsection applies if the notice under subsection (2) specifies a ground set out in any of the following paragraphs of schedule 2 (whether with or without other grounds)—

(a) paragraph 1,

(b) paragraph 3 or 4,

(c) paragraphs 9 to 15.”.

(2) In paragraph 7(3)(c) of schedule 1, in the text which is to be read as if it were substituted for text in section 36(8) of the 2001 Act, after “subsection (4A)”, insert “or (4E)”.