SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14 Consequential Amendments

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.26)

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In Schedule 2 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (tenancies which cannot be secure tenancies), after paragraph 5 insert—

Accommodation for asylum-seekers

5A

1

A tenancy shall not be a secure tenancy if it is granted in order to provide accommodation under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

2

A tenancy mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) becomes a secure tenancy if the landlord notifies the tenant that it is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.