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Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st May 2013.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1988 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988;

“electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1);

“landlord” and “tenant” include the persons who are to be the landlord and the tenant under a tenancy that is being created;

“standard tenancy documents” are the documents specified by article 2; and

“Tenant Information Pack” is the document referred to in article 2(d).

(1)

2000 c.7. Section 15 was amended by paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21).