Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)

PART III RIGHTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR TENANTS

Security of tenure

49 Rights of landlord where a secure tenancy appears to have been abandoned

(1) This section shall have effect where a landlord who has let a house under a secure tenancy has reasonable grounds for believing that—

(a) the house is unoccupied; and

(b) the tenant does not intend to occupy it as his home.

(2) The landlord shall be entitled to enter the house at any time for the purpose of securing the house and any fittings, fixtures or furniture against vandalism.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the landlord and its servants or agents may open, by force if necessary, doors and lockfast places.

(4) The landlord may take possession of the house in accordance with section 50.