1. This Order may be cited as the Scottish Secure Tenancies (Repossession Orders) (Maximum Period) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st August 2012.
2.—(1) The maximum period prescribed for the purposes of section 16(5A)(c) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (powers of court in possession proceedings) is 6 months from the date when the decree (in respect of an order made under section 16(2) of that Act) is extracted.
(2) Where an appeal is lodged after the decree is extracted and an order for recovery of possession is subsequently upheld the prescribed maximum period is 6 months from the date of the interlocutor of the court disposing of the appeal.
KEITH BROWN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th April 2012