The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 2109 (S.207)

LANDLORD AND TENANT, SCOTLAND

The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988

Made

1st December 1988

Laid before Parliament

12th December 1988

Coming into force

2nd January 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and (3), 19(3), 24(1) and (3), 32(2) and (4), 34(1), 48(2), 53(3) and 55(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 2nd January 1989.

2.  In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.

3.  The forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be the forms to be used for the purposes of the Act in the cases to which those forms are applicable.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st December 1988

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE

List of Forms

Form NoPurposeStatutory references to the Act
AT1(L)Notice by landlord proposing terms of a statutory assured tenancy different from the terms of the former tenancySection 17(2)
AT1(T)Notice by tenant proposing terms of a statutory assured tenancy different from the terms of the former tenancySection 17(2)
AT2Notice of an increase of rent under an assured tenancySection 24(1)
AT3(L)Application by a landlord to a rent assessment committee for a determination of the terms of a statutory assured tenancySection 17(3)
AT3(T)Application by a tenant to a rent assessment committee for a determination of the terms of a statutory assured tenancySection 17(3)
AT4Application by a tenant to a rent assessment committee for determination of rent for a statutory assured tenancy or short assured tenancySections 24(3) and 34(1)
AT5Notice by landlord that tenancy is a short assured tenancySection 32(2)
AT6Notice by landlord of intention to raise proceedings for possession of a house let on an assured tenancySection 19(3) as amended by paragraph 85 of Schedule 17 to the Housing Act 1988
AT7Notice by landlord that the continued or new tenancy is not to be a short assured tenancySection 32(4)
AT8Notice by rent assessment committee served on the landlord or the tenant requiring such information as the committee may reasonably require for the purposes of their functionsSection 48(2)

FORM AT1(L): FOR USE ONLY BY A LANDLORD

FORM AT1(T): FOR USE ONLY BY A TENANT

FORM AT2: FOR USE ONLY BY A LANDLORD

FORM AT3(L): FOR USE ONLY BY A LANDLORD

FORM AT3(T): FOR USE ONLY BY A TENANT

FORM AT4: FOR USE ONLY BY A TENANT

FORM AT5: FOR USE ONLY BY A LANDLORD

FORM AT6: FOR USE ONLY BY A LANDLORD

FORM AT7: FOR USE ONLY BY A LANDLORD

ASSURED TENANCIES ... ... ... ...AT8HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1988NOTICE UNDER SECTION 48(2) REQUIRINGTHAT A LANDLORD OR TENANT SUPPLYTHE RENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE WITH INFORMATION

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the forms which are to be used in connection with assured tenancies and short assured tenancies under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 in the cases where these forms are applicable.

(1)

1988 c. 43; section 19(3) was amended by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), Schedule 17 paragraph 85(b); section 55(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.