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12Tenancies to which repairing standard duty appliesS
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(1)This Chapter applies to any tenancy of a house let for human habitation unless it is—

(a)a Scottish secure tenancy or a short Scottish secure tenancy,

(b)a tenancy of a house retained or purchased by a local authority under section 121 of the 1987 Act for use as housing accommodation,

(c)a tenancy of a house which is—

(i)on land comprised in a lease constituting—

(A)a 1991 Act tenancy (within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11)),

(B)a short limited duration tenancy (within the meaning of that Act), F1...

(C)a limited duration tenancy (within the meaning of that Act), and

[F2(D)a modern limited duration tenancy (within the meaning of that Act), or

(E)a repairing tenancy (within the meaning of that Act),]

(ii)occupied by the tenant of the relevant lease,

(d)a tenancy of a house on a croft (within the meaning of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 44)), or

(e)a tenancy of a house on a holding situated outwith the crofting counties (within the meaning of that Act of 1993) to which any provision of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931 applies.

[F3(f)a holiday let which is not a short-term let.]

(2)A reference in this Chapter to a tenancy refers only to a tenancy to which this Chapter applies.

[F4(3)For the purposes of this Chapter, a short-term let is a type of tenancy (and the terms landlord, let and tenant are to be construed accordingly).

[F5(4)In this section—

  • “a holiday let” is a tenancy of a house which does not exceed 31 days where the purpose of the tenancy is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy the house for a holiday,

  • a short-term let” has the same meaning as in article 3 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022.]]

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