There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Private Housing (Tenancies)
(Scotland) Act 2016, Section 51.
(1)The First-tier Tribunal is to issue an eviction order against the tenant under a private residential tenancy if, on an application by the landlord, it finds that one of the eviction grounds named in schedule 3 applies.
(2)The provisions of schedule 3 stating the circumstances in which the Tribunal may F1... find that an eviction ground applies are exhaustive of the circumstances in which the Tribunal is entitled to find that the ground in question applies.
(3)The Tribunal must state in an eviction order the eviction ground, or grounds, on the basis of which it is issuing the order.
(4)An eviction order brings a tenancy which is a private residential tenancy to an end on the day specified by the Tribunal in the order.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 51(2) repealed (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 43(2), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 51 modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 2 para. 1 (with ss. 6, 7, 8) (as amended: (1.4.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/82, regs. 1(3), 2(2); and (27.9.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/275, regs. 1(2), 2(2))
Commencement Information
I1S. 51 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.
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