SCHEDULE 2 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: GROUNDS FOR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF HOUSE

PART 1 GROUNDS ON WHICH COURT MAY ORDER RECOVERY OF POSSESSION

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The tenant and—

(a)

the tenant’s spouse F1or civil partner , or

(b)

any person with whom the tenant has, for a period of at least 6 months immediately prior to the commencement of the period referred to below, been living in the house as husband and wife or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between F2civil partners ,

have been absent from the house without reasonable cause for a continuous period exceeding 6 months or have ceased to occupy the house as their principal home.