Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 S GROUNDS FOR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF HOUSES LET UNDER SECURE TENANCIES

PART I S GROUNDS ON WHICH COURT MAY ORDER RECOVERY OF POSSESSION

[F1 7 (1) The tenant, a person residing or lodging in the house with the tenant or a person visiting the house has—

(a) acted in an anti-social manner in relation to a person residing, visiting or otherwise engaging in lawful activity in the locality; or

(b) pursued a course of anti-social conduct in relation to such a person as is mentioned in head (a) above,

and it is not reasonable in all the circumstances that the landlord should be required to make other accommodation available to him.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above—

• “anti-social”, in relation to an action or course of conduct, means causing or likely to cause alarm, distress, nuisance or annoyance;

• “conduct” includes speech and a course of conduct must involve conduct on at least two occasions; and

• “tenant” includes any one of joint tenants and any sub-tenant.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 7 substituted (with restrictions) (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 23(3)(5); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4