Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

[F1 Accommodation for veterans and care leavers S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 22 inserted (1.7.2019) by The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Modification of Schedule 1) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/216), regs. 1, 2 (with reg. 3)

22. (1) A tenancy cannot be a private residential tenancy if the landlord is— S

(a) a charity providing accommodation to veterans, or

(b) a charity providing temporary accommodation to a care leaver.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “care leaver” is a person who—

  (a)

  is under the age of 26 years,

  (b)

  was on that person’s sixteenth birthday or at any subsequent time looked after by a local authority, and

  (c)

  is no longer looked after by a local authority; and “looked after” is to be construed in accordance with sections 17(6) (duty of local authority to child looked after by them) and 29(7) (after-care) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,

• “charity” has the meaning given in section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and

• “veteran” means a person who has served—

  (a)

  for at least one day in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces (regular and reserve), or

  (b)

  as a member of the Merchant Navy on a civilian vessel while supporting the Armed Forces.]