PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 1 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES

Creation and termination of tenancy

I117 Abandoned tenancies

1

This section applies where a landlord under a Scottish secure tenancy has reasonable grounds for believing that—

a

the house is unoccupied, and

b

the tenant does not intend to occupy it as the tenant’s home.

2

The landlord may enter the house at any time for the purpose of securing the house and any fittings, fixtures or furniture against vandalism.

3

For the purposes of subsection (2), the landlord and its servants or agents may open, by force if necessary, doors and lockfast places.

4

The landlord may take possession of the house in accordance with section 18.