Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

70 Interpretation of Part 1 S

(1) In this Part—

• “development management scheme” has the same meaning as in the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9),

• “sanitary defects” includes lack of air space or of ventilation, lack of lighting, dampness, absence of adequate and readily accessible water supply or of sanitary arrangements or of other conveniences, and inadequate paving or drainage of courts, yards or passages,

• “Scottish secure tenancy” and “short Scottish secure tenancy” have the same meanings as in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10),

• “sub-standard”, in relation to a house, has the meaning given in section 68,

• “tenement management scheme” has the same meaning as in the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11).

(2) References in this Part to the start of a tenancy are references to the date on which the tenant first occupies the house concerned under the tenancy (or, if earlier, the date from which the tenant is entitled to so occupy the house).