EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations prescribe the form of notice to be used by a landlord when notifying a tenant under a short Scottish secure tenancy, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (“the Act”), that the landlord requires possession of the house occupied by that tenant and may commence possession proceedings in respect of that house.
Schedule 1 contains the form of notice that is to be used in relation to a short Scottish secure tenancy created by virtue of section 35 or paragraph 1, 2 or 2A of schedule 6 of the Act.
Schedule 2 contains the form of notice that is to be used in relation to a short Scottish secure tenancy created by virtue of paragraph 3,4,5, 6, 7 or 7A of schedule 6 of the Act.
A notice in the prescribed form must be served by a landlord on a tenant in terms of section 36(2) of the Act.
The notice sets out the time limits within which the landlord is permitted to commence possession proceedings.
Regulation 3 revokes the Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/319). Regulation 4 makes a saving for notices served prior to 1st May 2019.