Scottish Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 320
HOUSING
The Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002
Made
26th June 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
27th June 2002
Coming into force
30th September 2002
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(4) and 109(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002.
Form of notice
2. The form of the notice contained in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 14(4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.
MARGARET CURRAN
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th June 2002
Regulation 2
SCHEDULENOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS FOR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the form of notice to be used by a landlord when notifying its tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, that the landlord may commence possession proceedings in respect of the dwellinghouse which is the subject of the Scottish secure tenancy.
Such notices must be served by a landlord on a tenant and any qualifying occupier, in terms of section 14(2) of that Act.
The notice sets out the time limits within which the landlord is permitted to commence possession proceedings and the grounds on which the landlord is seeking possession.