Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “1982 Act” means the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982,

• “accommodation” includes the whole or any part of a premises,

• “commercial consideration” includes—

  1. (a)

     money,

  2. (b)

     a benefit in kind (such as F1the reciprocal use of accommodation),

• “excluded accommodation” means accommodation described in paragraph 1 of schedule 1,

• “excluded tenancy” means a tenancy described in paragraph 2 of schedule 1,

• F2“foster child” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 as read with section 2 of that Act,

• “guest” means a person who occupies accommodation under a short-term let,

• “host” means a person who is the owner, tenant, or person who otherwise exercises control over occupation and use, of the accommodation which is the subject of a short-term let,

• “unique licence number” means a unique number which—

  1. (a)

     is assigned to each application or licence, and

  2. (b)

     contains a number or letters which—

     1. (i)

        identifies the licensing authority, and

     2. (ii)

        is used in every licence number assigned by the licensing authority.

Where the accommodation is let to more than one person under a short-term let, references in this Order to the guest are to any one of those persons.

For the purposes of Article 3, a person (“A”) is an immediate family member of another person (“B”) if A is—

For the purposes of paragraph (3)—

Schedule 1 has effect.