17Assignation of limited duration tenancy(1)

The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 is modified as follows.

(2)

In section 7 (assignation and subletting of limited duration tenancies)—

(a)

in subsection (2), after “assignee” insert “(including the proposed assignee’s relationship to the tenant)”,

(b)

in subsection (3B)(a), for “of the notice” substitute “on which the notice is given”,

(c)

in subsection (4), for “30 days of the giving of the notice” substitute “the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice is given”,

(d)

in subsection (5)(a)(ii), for “30 days of the giving of the notice” substitute “the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice is given”,

(e)

in subsection (5A), for paragraphs (a) to (m) substitute—(aa)

a tenant’s parent,

(ab)

in relation to a tenant’s child—

(i)

that child,

(ii)

that child's spouse or civil partner,

(iii)

a descendant of that child,

(ac)

in relation to a tenant’s sibling—

(i)

that sibling,

(ii)

that sibling’s spouse or civil partner,

(iii)

a descendant of that sibling,

(ad)

in relation to a tenant’s spouse or civil partner—

(i)

that spouse or civil partner,

(ii)

that spouse or civil partner’s sibling,

(iii)

a descendant of that sibling.

(f)

after that subsection insert—(5B)

For the purpose of subsection (5A)—

(a)

a reference to a spouse or civil partner of a person (“person A”) includes, where person A has died, a reference to a person who was the spouse or civil partner of person A immediately prior to person A’s death,

(b)

a step-child of a person is to be treated as being the same as a child of a person.