SCHEDULE 1TENANCIES WHICH CANNOT BE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES

F1Accommodation for veterans and care leavers

22.

(1)

A tenancy cannot be a private residential tenancy if the landlord is—

(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.