Version Superseded: 30/11/2017
Point in time view as at 01/04/2017. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, Section 12 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 July 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(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), or
(C)a limited duration tenancy (within the meaning of that Act), and
(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.
(2)A reference in this Chapter to a tenancy refers only to a tenancy to which this Chapter applies.
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