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          <Strong>PART 2</Strong>
        </Number><Title> TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/part/2/chapter/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/part/2/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="37" id="part-2-chapter-1" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Number><Strong>CHAPTER 1</Strong></Number><Title> SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/chapter/1/crossheading/keeping-pets" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/chapter/1/crossheading/keeping-pets" NumberOfProvisions="4" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01" id="chapter-1-crossheading-keeping-pets"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">Keeping pets</Addition></Title><P1group ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="2025-12-06"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">Power to make provision about when a consent condition for keeping a pet is reasonable</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B" id="section-31B"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">31B</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B/1" id="section-31B-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">For the purpose of paragraph 8C(b) of schedule 5, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about when a condition mentioned in that paragraph (to which consent to keep a pet is subject) is reasonable.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B/2" id="section-31B-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular specify—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B/2/a" id="section-31B-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">circumstances in which a condition, or type of condition, is or is not reasonable,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B/2/b" id="section-31B-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">factors that tend to show that a condition is or is not reasonable.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B/3" id="section-31B-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the day on which subsection (1) takes effect, lay before the Scottish Parliament a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under that subsection.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31B/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/10/section/31B/4" id="section-31B-4"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c-1776427945340" CommentaryRef="key-d27325446af18c5eafa9b8ba1ce7fa2c">4</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition 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