SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5 Grounds for Possession of Houses let on Assured Tenancies
Part IIF1Grounds on which First-tier Tribunal may order possession
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Amendments (Textual)
Ground 14
The condition of the house or of any of the common parts has deteriorated owing to acts of waste by, or the neglect or default of, the tenant or any one of joint tenants or any person residing or lodging with him or any sub-tenant of his; and, in the case of acts of waste by, or the neglect or default of, a person lodging with a tenant or a sub-tenant of his, the tenant has not, before the making of the order in question, taken such steps as he ought reasonably to have taken for the removal of the lodger or sub-tenant.
In this Ground, “the common parts” means any part of a building containing the house and any other premises which the tenant is entitled under the terms of the tenancy to use in common with the occupiers of other houses.
Sch. 5 Pt. 2 title substituted (1.12.2017) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 1 para. 48(c); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch.