Rent (Scotland) Act 1984
Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (1984 c. 58)
- Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (1984 c. 58)
- Part I Preliminary
- 1 Protected tenancies.
- 2 Tenancies excepted from definition of “protected tenancy”.
- 3 Statutory tenants and tenancies.
- 3A Statutory tenants and tenancies: further provision as to succession.
- 3B Succession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force
- 4 No protected or statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to Crown.
- 5 No protected or statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to local authority, etc.
- 6 No protected tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to resident landlord.
- 7 Rateable value and the appropriate day.
- 8 Regulated tenancies.
- 9 Short tenancies.
- 10 Premises with business use.
- Part II Security of Tenure
- 11 Grounds for possession of certain dwelling-houses.
- 12 Extended discretion of court in claims for possession of certain dwelling-houses.
- 12A Requirement to notify local authority of proceedings for possession
- 13 Effect of tenancy being short tenancy.
- 14 Conditions applying to landlord’s right to recovery of possession.
- 15 Terms and conditions of statutory tenancies.
- 16 Payments demanded by statutory tenants as a condition of giving up possession.
- 17 Change of statutory tenant by agreement.
- 18 No pecuniary consideration to be required on change of tenant under s. 17.
- 19 Effect on sub-tenancies of determination of tenancy.
- 20 Effect on furnished sub-tenancy of determination of superior unfurnished tenancy.
- 21 Compensation for misrepresentation or concealment in Cases 7 and 8.
- Part III Protection against Harassment and Eviction without due process of Law
- 22 Unlawful eviction and harassment of occupier.
- 23 Prohibition of eviction without due process of law.
- 23A Excluded tenancies and occupancy rights.
- 24 Special provisions with respect to agricultural employees.
- 25 Interpretation.
- 26 Application to Crown.
- 27 Application to sheriff
- Part IV Rents under Regulated Tenancies
- 28 Limit of rent during contractual periods.
- 29 Limit of rent during statutory periods
- 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 31 Adjustment, with respect to services and furniture, of recoverable rent for statutory periods before registration.
- 32 Notices of increase.
- 33 Limits on rent increases
- 34 Rent agreements.
- 35 Rent agreements: special provisions following conversion.
- 36 Failure to comply with provisions of rent agreements.
- 37 Recovery from landlord of sums paid in excess of recoverable rent, etc.
- 37A. Extension of time limits for recovery from landlord: cross-border mediation
- 38 Onus on landlord.
- 39 Rectification of rent books in light of determina-tion of recoverable rent.
- 40 Adjustment for differences in lengths of rental periods.
- 41 Regulations.
- 42 Interpretation of Part IV.
- Part V Registration of Rents under Regulated Tenancies
- 43 Registration areas and rent officers.
- 43A Rent registration service providers.
- 43B Supplementary provisions regarding rent registration service providers.
- 43C Rent registration service providers: restrictions on disclosure of information.
- 44 Private rented housing committees.
- 45 Register of rents.
- 46 Applications for registration of rents.
- 47 Certificates of fair rent.
- 48 Determination of fair rent.
- 49 Amount to be registered as rent.
- 49A Transitional applications: regulated tenancies
- 50 Effect of registration of rent.
- 51 Cancellation of registration of rent.
- 52 Cancellation at instance of landlord.
- 53 Regulations.
- 54 Interpretation of Part V.
- Part VI Rent Limit for Dwelling-houses Let by Housing Associations and the Housing Corporation
- 55 Tenancies to which sections 55 to 59 apply.
- 56 Rents to be registrable under Part V.
- 57 The rent limit.
- 58 Phasing of progression to registered rent.
- 59 Increase of rent without notice to quit.
- 60 Supplemental to sections 55 to 59.
- 61 Interpretation of Part VI.
- Part VII Part VII Contracts
- 62 Registration areas for purposes of Part VII.
- 63 Part VII contracts.
- 64 Dwelling-houses to which Part VII applies.
- 65 References of contracts to the First-tier Tribunal and obtaining by it of information.
- 66 Powers of the First-tier Tribunal on reference of contracts.
- 66A Transitional references of Part VII contracts
- 67 Register of rents under Part VII contracts.
- 68 Reconsideration of rent after registration.
- 69 Effect of registration of rent.
- 70 Cancellation of entries in register at instance of landlord.
- 71 Notice to quit served after reference of contract to the First-tier Tribunal.
- 72 Application to the First-tier Tribunal for security of tenure where notice to quit is served.
- 73 Notices to quit served by owner-occupiers.
- 74 Reduction of period of notice on account of lessee’s default.
- 75 Power of First-tier Tribunal, in action for possession, to reduce period of notice to quit
- 76 Notice to quit relating to later Part VII contracts.
- 77 Jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal.
- 78 Publication of information.
- 79 Rent book to be provided.
- 80 Regulations.
- 81 Interpretation of Part VII.
- Part VIII Premiums, etc.
- 82 Prohibition of premiums and loans on grant of protected tenancies.
- 83 Prohibition of premiums and loans on assignation of protected tenancies.
- 84 Power to charge premium on assignation of tenancy where premium lawfully charged on earlier assignation.
- 85 Prohibition of premiums on grant, etc. of Part VII contracts.
- 86 Excessive price for furniture to be treated as premium.
- 87 Punishment of attempts to obtain from prospective tenants excessive prices for furniture.
- 88 Recovery of premiums and loans unlawfully required or received.
- 89 Avoidance of requirements for advance payment of rent in certain cases.
- 89A Premiums: regulations
- 90 Interpretation of Part VIII.
- Part IX Heritable Securities
- 91 Heritable securities to which Part IX applies.
- 92 Regulated heritable securities.
- 93 Powers of court to mitigate hardship.
- 94 Miscellaneous.
- Part X Miscellaneous and General
- 95 Release from rent regulation.
- 96 Provisions where tenant shares accommodation with landlord.
- 97 Provisions where tenant shares accommodation with persons other than landlord.
- 98 Application of Part VII to tenancies falling within section 6.
- 99 Certain sublettings not to exclude any part of sublessor’s premises from protection under the Act.
- 100 Obligation to notify sublettings of dwelling-houses let on or subject to protected or statutory tenancies.
- 101 Landlord’s consent to work.
- 101A Discriminatory terms relating to children or benefits status
- 102 Jurisdiction.
- 103 Application to sheriff.
- 104 Rules as to procedure.
- 105 Powers of local authorities for the purposes of giving information.
- 106 Consent of tenant.
- 107 Prosecution of offences.
- 108 Service of notices on landlord’s agents.
- 109 Rents of subsidised private houses.
- 110 Restriction on sequestration for rent.
- 111 Implied condition in all protected tenancies.
- 112 Minimum length of notice to quit.
- 113 Rent book to be provided.
- 114 Service of notices.
- 115 Interpretation.
- 116 Application to Crown property.
- 117 Amendments, trasitional provisions, repeals, etc.
- 118 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Statutory Tenants by Succession
- Schedule 1A Statutory or Statutory Assured Tenants by Succession in a case to which section 3A(1) applies
- Schedule 1B Statutory Assured Tenants by Succession in a case to which section 3A(2) applies
- SCHEDULE 2 Grounds for Possession of Dwelling-Houses Let on or Subject to Protected or Statutory Tenancies
- Part I Certain cases in which First-tier Tribunal may order possession
- Case 1
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Case 4
- Case 5
- Case 6
- Case 7
- Case 8
- Case 9
- Case 10
- Part II Further cases in which First-tier Tribunal may order possession
- Case 11
- Case 12
- Case 13
- Case 14
- Case 15
- Case 16
- Case 17
- Case 18
- Case 19
- Case 20
- Case 21
- Part III Provisions Applicable to Case 8 and Part II above
- Part IV Suitable Alternative Accommodation
- SCHEDULE 3 . . .
- SCHEDULE 4 private rented housing Committees
- SCHEDULE 5 Applicatons for Registration of Rents
- Part I Applications Unsupported by Certificate of Fair Rent
- Precedure on applications to rent officer
- Determination of fair rent by the First-tier Tribunal
- Part II Applications Supported by Certificate of Fair Rent
- Procedure on applications to rent officer
- Procedure on references to private rented housing committee
- Provisional registration
- Part III Supplemental
- SCHEDULE 6 Certificates of Fair Rent
- SCHEDULE 7 Premium allowed on assignation of Tenancy where Premium lawfully paid on Grant
- SCHEDULE 8 Enactments Amended
- General provisions
- Specific amendments
- The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)
- The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 49)
- The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 16)
- The Housing (Scotland) Act 1969 (c. 34)
- The Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40)
- The Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 45)
- The Tenant’s Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 52)
- The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)
- SCHEDULE 9 Savings and Transitional Provisions
- SCHEDULE 10 Enactments Repealed
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