Words inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 75:2), s. 1

1961 c. 58.

Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)

Words in s. 8(7) substituted (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 4; S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-5)

Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 3(b)

S. 8(5)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 8(5)(a) (27.11.2003) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11), s. 95(3)(4), Sch. para. 4 (with s. 95(2)); S.S.I. 2003/548, art. 2(i) (with Sch.)

S. 8(3A) inserted (1.3.2011) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17), ss. 138, 166(2); S.S.I. 2011/96, art. 2, Sch.

S. 8(3B) - (3D) inserted (31.8.2011) by Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 14), ss. 36(3), 41(3); S.S.I. 2011/270, art. 2, Sch.

Word in s. 8(3A)(b) repealed (31.8.2011) by Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 14), ss. 36(2)(a), 41(3); S.S.I. 2011/270, art. 2, Sch.

S. 8(3A)(d) and preceding word inserted (31.8.2011) by Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 14), ss. 36(2)(b), 41(3); S.S.I. 2011/270, art. 2, Sch.

Words in s. 8(5)(aa) substituted (30.11.2017) by The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Supplementary, Consequential, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/416), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 3(2) (with sch. 2 para. 3)

S. 8(3ZA) inserted (1.12.2017) by Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19), s. 79(2), sch. 4 para. 1; S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/38/section/8Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974An Act to provide, as respects Scotland, for the prohibition of new feuduties and other periodical payments from land; for the right to redeem feuduties and other such perpetual payments on a term day; for the redemption by law of feuduties and other such payments on transfer of land; for limitations on the residential use of property subject to long lease and other rights of occupancy; for the variation of heritable securities in the event of residential use of the security subjects; for restrictions on certain rights of reversion, redemption and pre-emption; for limitation of the right to raise an action of irritancy for non-payment of feuduty; for abolition of the right to create leasehold casualties; for the recognition of interposed leases; for amendment of the law relating to registration of leases; for abolition of the registration and recording of documents in the Office of Chancery; and for related matters.1974-07-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-02-20Expert Participation2017-12-01Part II Limitations on Residential Use of Property Let Under Future Long Leases
8 Property let under future long lease, etc. not to be used as private dwelling-house.1

It shall be a condition of every long lease executed after the commencement of this Act that, subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, no part of the property which is subject to the lease shall be used as or as part of a private dwelling-house.

2

For the purposes of this Part of this Act, any garden, yard, garage, outhouse or pertinent used along with any dwelling-house shall be deemed to form part of a dwelling-house, and use as a dwelling-house shall not include use as the site of a caravan.

3

The use as or as part of a private dwelling-house of part of a property which is subject to a long lease shall not constitute a breach of the condition contained in subsection (1) above if such use is ancillary to the use of the remainder of the property otherwise than as or as part of a private dwelling-house and it would be detrimental to the efficient exercise of the use last-mentioned if the said ancillary use did not occur on that property.

3ZA

The condition contained in subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a private residential tenancy as defined in the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.

3A

The condition contained in subsection (1) above does not apply to a long lease executed after the commencement of section 138 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17) where at the time the lease is executed the lessee is—

a

a social landlord (within the meaning of section 165 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010);

b

a body connected to a social landlord (within the meaning of section 164 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010); ...

c

a rural housing body (within the meaning of section 122(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003); or

d

a body prescribed, or of a type prescribed, by the Scottish Ministers by order made by statutory instrument.

3B

An order under subsection (3A)(d) may—

a

prescribe a body or type of body subject to conditions or restrictions,

b

prescribe conditions which a body or type of body must meet for the purposes of subsection (3A),

c

restrict the application of subsection (3A) to specified leases, or leases of specified descriptions,

d

prescribe circumstances in which subsection (3A) is to apply or cease to apply in relation to a body or type of body or any lease,

e

make provision about the consequences, in relation to any lease, of—

i

a breach of any condition or restriction prescribed by the order, or

ii

subsection (3A) otherwise ceasing to apply in relation to a body or type of body or the lease.

3C

Provision made by virtue of subsection (3B)(e) may, in particular, include provision for the protection of the interests of tenants or occupiers of any dwelling-houses on the property which is subject to the lease.

3D

An order under subsection (3A)(d)—

a

may modify any enactment, and

b

is not to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

4

For the purposes of this Part of this Act—

lessor” and “lessee” mean any person holding for the time being the interest of lessor or lessee (as the case may be); and

long lease” means any grant of—

a

a lease, or

b

a liferent or other right of occupancy granted for payment (other than payment in defrayal of or contribution towards some continuing cost related to such liferent use or such occupancy, as the case may be),

which is either—

i

subject to a duration, whether definite or indefinite, which could (in terms of the grant and without any subsequent agreement, express or implied, between the persons holding the interests of the grantor and the grantee) extend for more than 20 years, or

ii

subject to any provision whereby any person holding the interest of the grantor or the grantee is under a future obligation, if so requested by the other, to renew the grant so that the total duration could so extend for more than 20 years, or whereby, if he does not so renew it, he will be liable to make some payment or to perform some other obligation but, in relation to a lease granted before 1st September 1974, does not include its renewal (whether before or after the commencement of section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985) in implement of an obligation in or under it.

5

This Part of this Act shall not apply in relation to the use of property for the time being forming part or deemed to form part of—

a

the land comprised in a lease constituting a 1991 Act tenancy, within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11);

aa

the land comprised in a lease constituting a short limited duration tenancy , a limited duration tenancy, a modern limited duration tenancy or a repairing tenancy, within the meaning of that Act;

b

a holding, within the meaning of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931;

c

a croft, within the meaning of the Crofters (Scotland) Acts 1955 and 1961.

6

Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect the right of the lessor to terminate the lease and recover possession of the property subject thereto on the ground of breach of a conventional condition of the lease which has the effect of prohibiting such use of the property as constitutes a breach of the condition contained in subsection (1) above.

7

Nothing in this Part of this Act shall prevent a tenancy from being or becoming a protected or statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 or a Scottish secure tenancy within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), but nothing in either of those Acts restricting the power of a court to make an order for possession of a dwelling-house shall prevent the granting of a decree of removing under section 9(1) of this Act.

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Words inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/73">Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 75:2)</ref>
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<note class="commentary M" eId="c7816841">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1961/58">1961 c. 58</ref>
.
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c7816851">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/65">Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/65/section/25/1">s. 25(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/65/schedule/2/paragraph/3">Sch. 2 para. 3</ref>
(
<em>a</em>
)
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c7816861">
<p>
Words in s. 8(7) substituted (30.9.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10">2001 asp 10</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/112">s. 112</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/schedule/10/paragraph/4">Sch. 10 para. 4</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2002/321">S.S.I. 2002/321</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2002/321/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2002/321/schedule">Sch.</ref>
(subject to transitional provisions in
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2002/321/article/3" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2002/321/article/5">arts. 3-5</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c7816871">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/65">Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/65/section/25/1">s. 25(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/65/schedule/2/paragraph/3">Sch. 2 para. 3</ref>
(
<em>b</em>
)
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<p>
S. 8(5)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 8(5)(a) (27.11.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/11">Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/11/section/95/3">s. 95(3)</ref>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/11/section/95/4">(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/11/schedule/paragraph/4">Sch. para. 4</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/11/section/95/2">s. 95(2)</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2003/548">S.S.I. 2003/548</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2003/548/article/2/i">art. 2(i)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2003/548/schedule">Sch.</ref>
)
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<note class="commentary F" eId="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34">
<p>
S. 8(3A) inserted (1.3.2011) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/17">Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/17/section/138">ss. 138</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/17/section/166/2">166(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/96">S.S.I. 2011/96</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/96/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/96/schedule">Sch.</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500">
<p>
S. 8(3B) - (3D) inserted (31.8.2011) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14">Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 14)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14/section/36/3">ss. 36(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14/section/41/3">41(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270">S.S.I. 2011/270</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270/schedule">Sch.</ref>
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<p>
Word in s. 8(3A)(b) repealed (31.8.2011) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14">Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 14)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14/section/36/2/a">ss. 36(2)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14/section/41/3">41(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270">S.S.I. 2011/270</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270/schedule">Sch.</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="key-fa33aa0714fc0d9c9625c1d93b7e5991">
<p>
S. 8(3A)(d) and preceding word inserted (31.8.2011) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14">Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 14)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14/section/36/2/b">ss. 36(2)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/14/section/41/3">41(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270">S.S.I. 2011/270</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270/article/2">art. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/270/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-92ba2cc74ac14b3169fe5467756b95ec">
<p>
Words in s. 8(5)(aa) substituted (30.11.2017) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/416">The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Supplementary, Consequential, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/416)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/416/regulation/1/1">reg. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/416/schedule/1/paragraph/3/2">sch. 1 para. 3(2)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/416/schedule/2/paragraph/3">sch. 2 para. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-7a85d67eb59597fc16dcdb21bfac4ab6">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/38/section/8/3ZA">S. 8(3ZA)</ref>
inserted (1.12.2017) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19">Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/section/79/2">s. 79(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2016/19/schedule/4/paragraph/1">sch. 4 para. 1</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/346">S.S.I. 2017/346</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/346/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2017/346/schedule">sch.</ref>
</p>
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<part eId="part-II" period="#period1">
<num>Part II</num>
<heading> Limitations on Residential Use of Property Let Under Future Long Leases</heading>
<section eId="section-8" period="#period1">
<num>8</num>
<heading>
Property let under future long lease,
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
not to be used as private dwelling-house.
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>It shall be a condition of every long lease executed after the commencement of this Act that, subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, no part of the property which is subject to the lease shall be used as or as part of a private dwelling-house.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>For the purposes of this Part of this Act, any garden, yard, garage, outhouse or pertinent used along with any dwelling-house shall be deemed to form part of a dwelling-house, and use as a dwelling-house shall not include use as the site of a caravan.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The use as or as part of a private dwelling-house of part of a property which is subject to a long lease shall not constitute a breach of the condition contained in subsection (1) above if such use is ancillary to the use of the remainder of the property otherwise than as or as part of a private dwelling-house and it would be detrimental to the efficient exercise of the use last-mentioned if the said ancillary use did not occur on that property.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-8-3ZA">
<num>
<ins class="key-7a85d67eb59597fc16dcdb21bfac4ab6-1519242441787 first">
<noteRef href="#key-7a85d67eb59597fc16dcdb21bfac4ab6" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
3ZA
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-7a85d67eb59597fc16dcdb21bfac4ab6-1519242441787 last">The condition contained in subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a private residential tenancy as defined in the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.</ins>
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<subsection eId="section-8-3A">
<num>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883 first">
<noteRef href="#key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
3A
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883">The condition contained in subsection (1) above does not apply to a long lease executed after the commencement of section 138 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17) where at the time the lease is executed the lessee is—</ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-8-3A-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883">a social landlord (within the meaning of section 165 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010);</ins>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3A-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883"> a body connected to a social landlord (within the meaning of section 164 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010); </ins>
<noteRef href="#key-2f94316ba681a924514ca3fc16d0f566" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883"> ... </ins>
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<paragraph eId="section-8-3A-c">
<num>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-f18a536ad369eebf802a29466fbe9d34-1442228899883 last">a rural housing body (within the meaning of section 122(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003)</ins>
<ins class="key-fa33aa0714fc0d9c9625c1d93b7e5991-1442230077600 first">
<noteRef href="#key-fa33aa0714fc0d9c9625c1d93b7e5991" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
; or
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<num>
<ins class="key-fa33aa0714fc0d9c9625c1d93b7e5991-1442230077600">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-fa33aa0714fc0d9c9625c1d93b7e5991-1442230077600 last">a body prescribed, or of a type prescribed, by the Scottish Ministers by order made by statutory instrument.</ins>
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<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354 first">
<noteRef href="#key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500" marker="F7" class="commentary attribute F"/>
3B
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">An order under subsection (3A)(d) may—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3B-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">prescribe a body or type of body subject to conditions or restrictions,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3B-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">prescribe conditions which a body or type of body must meet for the purposes of subsection (3A),</ins>
</p>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3B-c">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">restrict the application of subsection (3A) to specified leases, or leases of specified descriptions,</ins>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3B-d">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">prescribe circumstances in which subsection (3A) is to apply or cease to apply in relation to a body or type of body or any lease,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3B-e">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">e</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">make provision about the consequences, in relation to any lease, of—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-8-3B-e-i">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">a breach of any condition or restriction prescribed by the order, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-8-3B-e-ii">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">subsection (3A) otherwise ceasing to apply in relation to a body or type of body or the lease.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3C">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">3C</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">Provision made by virtue of subsection (3B)(e) may, in particular, include provision for the protection of the interests of tenants or occupiers of any dwelling-houses on the property which is subject to the lease.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3D">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">3D</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">An order under subsection (3A)(d)—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3D-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">may modify any enactment, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-3D-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-0fe376b577fd3318de16f18aa5e5e500-1442229928354 last">is not to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this Part of this Act—</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-lessor">lessor</term>
” and “
<term refersTo="#term-lessee">lessee</term>
” mean any person holding for the time being the interest of lessor or lessee (as the case may be); and
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-long-lease">long lease</term>
” means any grant of—
</p>
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</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a lease, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a liferent or other right of occupancy granted for payment (other than payment in defrayal of or contribution towards some continuing cost related to such liferent use or such occupancy, as the case may be),</p>
</content>
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<p>which is either—</p>
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<subparagraph eId="section-8-4-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>subject to a duration, whether definite or indefinite, which could (in terms of the grant and without any subsequent agreement, express or implied, between the persons holding the interests of the grantor and the grantee) extend for more than 20 years, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-8-4-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>
subject to any provision whereby any person holding the interest of the grantor or the grantee is under a future obligation, if so requested by the other, to renew the grant so that the total duration could so extend for more than 20 years, or whereby, if he does not so renew it, he will be liable to make some payment or to perform some other obligation
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but, in relation to a lease granted before 1st September 1974, does not include its renewal (whether before or after the commencement of section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985) in implement of an obligation in or under it.
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>This Part of this Act shall not apply in relation to the use of property for the time being forming part or deemed to form part of—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-5-a">
<num>
<ins class="substitution key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad-1440768264881 first">
<noteRef href="#key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
a
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad-1440768264881">the land comprised in a lease constituting a 1991 Act tenancy, within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11);</ins>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-5-aa">
<num>
<ins class="substitution key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad-1440768264881">aa</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad-1440768264881">the land comprised in a lease constituting a short limited duration tenancy </ins>
<ins class="substitution key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad-1440768264881">
<ins class="substitution key-92ba2cc74ac14b3169fe5467756b95ec-1518098696948 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-92ba2cc74ac14b3169fe5467756b95ec" marker="F10" class="commentary attribute F"/>
, a limited duration tenancy, a modern limited duration tenancy or a repairing tenancy
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="substitution key-f2320736b81f3c539031f43fde97e8ad-1440768264881 last">, within the meaning of that Act;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a holding, within the meaning of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
a croft, within the meaning of the
<noteRef href="#c7816841" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
Crofters (Scotland) Acts 1955 and 1961.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect the right of the lessor to terminate the lease and recover possession of the property subject thereto on the ground of breach of a conventional condition of the lease which has the effect of prohibiting such use of the property as constitutes a breach of the condition contained in subsection (1) above.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>
Nothing in this Part of this Act shall prevent a tenancy from being or becoming a protected or statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Scotland) Act
<ins class="d29p603 first">
<noteRef href="#c7816851" marker="F2" class="commentary attribute F"/>
1984 or a
</ins>
<ins class="d29p603 last">
<ins class="d29p605 first last">
<noteRef href="#c7816861" marker="F3" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Scottish secure tenancy within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)
</ins>
</ins>
, but nothing in
<ins class="d29p610 first last">
<noteRef href="#c7816871" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
either of those Acts
</ins>
restricting the power of a court to make an order for possession of a dwelling-house shall prevent the granting of a decree of removing under section 9(1) of this Act.
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