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The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993

S.I. 1993/648 · Made 11 March 1993

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LANDLORD AND TENANT, SCOTLAND

Made 11th March 1993

Laid before Parliament 11th March 1993

Coming into force 1st April 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and (3), 19(3), 24(1) and (3), 32(2) and (4), 34(1), 48(2), 53(3) and 55(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 43; section 19(3) was amended by the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50), Schedule 17, paragraph 85(b); section 55(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule AMENDMENT OF ASSURED TENANCIES (FORMS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1988
  5. 1Paragraph 1
  6. 2Paragraph 2
  7. 3Paragraph 3
  8. 4Paragraph 4
  9. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

2Amendment of Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988

The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988f1 are hereby amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

11th March 1993

AMENDMENT OF ASSURED TENANCIES (FORMS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1988

The Schedule to the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 shall be amended as follows—

1

In the list of forms—

(a)

in the third column, for the words “Statutory references to the Act” there shall be substituted “References to the Act in forms” and for the words “Section 32(2)” and the entry relating to section 19(3) there shall be substituted, respectively, “Section 32” and “Section 19”; and

(b)

at the end there shall be added the following entry—

“

AT9Notice of a proposed increase of rent to take account of the council taxSection 25A as inserted by the Local Government Finance (Housing) (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/658).

”

2

In form AT2: Part 2 at the end of note 5 there shall be added the words “(except during the period commencing on 1st April 1993 and ending on 31st March 1994 when he can increase the rent to take account of the council tax—a separate form, form AT9, has to be used for this purpose.)”

3

In form AT4—

(a)

in the heading, after the words “section 24(3)” there shall be inserted “25A”; and

(b)

in Part 11 at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

“e.

A copy of notice AT9 if one has been served on you by your landlord.”.

4

At the end of the forms there shall be added the following form—

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and are consequential on the introduction of the council tax.

The Regulations prescribe the new form to be used for an increase of rent on account of the council tax, as provided for by section 25A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 as inserted by the local Government Finance (Housing) (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1993, and make consequential and drafting changes to the rest of the regulations.