Part 1Housing standards
Chapter 4The repairing standard
Landlord's duty to repair and maintain
12Tenancies to which repairing standard duty applies
(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 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.
(2)
A reference in this Chapter to a tenancy refers only to a tenancy to which this Chapter applies.