Part VII SPart VII Contracts

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Pt. VII (ss. 62-81) excluded (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 32(7); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch.

77 Jurisdiction of [F1private rented housing] committees.S

Where a Part VII contract is referred to a [F2private rented housing] committee under this Part of this Act and—

(a)the contract relates to a dwelling-house consisting of or comprising part only of lands and heritages, and

(b)no apportionment of the rateable value of the lands and heritages has been made under section 7 above,

then, unless the lessor in the course of the proceedings requires that such an apportionment shall be made and, within two weeks of making the requirement, brings proceedings in the sheriff court for the making of the apportionment, the committee shall have jurisdiction to deal with the reference if it appears to them that, had the apportionment been made, they would have had jurisdiction.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 77 title substituted (3.9.2007) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), s. 195(3), sch. 6 para. 5(e) (with s. 193); S.S.I. 2007/270, art. 3