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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/92/body</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) (Form of Notice) Regulations 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Tenants</dc:subject><dc:subject>Housing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Council tenancies</dc:subject><dc:subject>Council housing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Civil partnership</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">HOUSING</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-14</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2019-05-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations prescribe the form of notice to be used by a landlord when notifying its tenant and any qualifying occupier under a Scottish secure tenancy, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (“the Act”), that the landlord may raise possession proceedings in respect of the house which is the subject of the Scottish secure tenancy.</dc:description>
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<P2para><Text>These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) (Form of Notice) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st August 2012.</Text>
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<Text>In these Regulations “<Abbreviation Expansion="Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 asp 10">the Act</Abbreviation>” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.</Text>
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<Text>The Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/> are hereby revoked.</Text>
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<Text>Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity of a notice served under section<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>14(2)(a) of the Act (proceedings for possession) before 1st August 2012<Emphasis>.</Emphasis></Text>
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<P2para><Text>Subject to paragraph (2), the prescribed form of notice for the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act (form of notice) is contained in Schedule 1.</Text>
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<Text>Where section 14(2A) of the Act (unpaid rent)<FootnoteRef Ref="f00003"/> applies, the prescribed form of notice for the purposes of section 14(4) of the Act is contained in Schedule 2.</Text>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2002/320" id="c00004" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2002" Number="0320"><Acronym Expansion="Scottish Statutory Instrument">S.S.I.</Acronym> 2002/320</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>Section 14(2A) was inserted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, section 155(a)(i).</Text></Para>
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