Amendment of Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973
20 Compensation for person displaced from dwelling-house let under secure tenancy.
1
The M1Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
2
In section 27(1) (right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling)—
a
after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
f
an order for recovery of possession of the dwelling under section 15(2) of the Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980, on the ground set out in paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act,
b
after sub-paragraph (v) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
vi
where paragraph (f) above applies, the landlord.
3
In section 29 (supplementary provisions about home loss payments), after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
7AA
If a landlord recovers possession of a dwelling by agreement—
a
after serving notice under section 14 of the Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 on the tenant specifying the ground set out in paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act; or
b
where, but for that agreement, it would have served such notice on him specifying that ground,
it may, in connection with the recovery, make to him a payment corresponding to any home loss payment which it would be required to make to him if the recovery were by order under section 15(2) of that Act.