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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982-licensing-of-short-term-lets-order-2022/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2022/32",
  "legislation_title": "The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982-licensing-of-short-term-lets-order-2022",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“1982 Act” means the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982,\n“accommodation” includes the whole or any part of a premises,\n“commercial consideration” includes—\n(a)money,\n(b)a benefit in kind (such as the reciprocal use of accommodation),\n“excluded accommodation” means accommodation described in paragraph 1 of schedule 1,\n“excluded tenancy” means a tenancy described in paragraph 2 of schedule 1,\n“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,\n“guest” means a person who occupies accommodation under a short-term let,\n“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,\n“unique licence number” means a unique number which—\n(a)is assigned to each application or licence, and\n(b)contains a number or letters which—\n(i)identifies the licensing authority, and\n(ii)is used in every licence number assigned by the licensing authority.\n(2) 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.\n(3) For the purposes of Article 3, a person (“A”) is an immediate family member of another person (“B”) if A is—\n(a) in a qualifying relationship with B,\n(b) a qualifying relative of B,\n(c) a qualifying relative of a person who is in a qualifying relationship with B, or\n(d) in a qualifying relationship with a qualifying relative of B.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—\n(a) two people are in a qualifying relationship with one another if they are—\n(i) married to each other,\n(ii) in a civil partnership with each other, or\n(iii) living together as though they were married,\n(b) a “qualifying relative” means a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling,\n(c) two people are to be regarded as siblings if they have at least one parent in common,\n(d) a person’s stepchild or foster child is to be regarded as the person’s child,\n(e) a person (“C”) is to be regarded as the child of another person (“D”), if C is being or has been treated by D as D’s child.\n(5) Schedule 1 has effect.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 2(1) substituted (30.8.2024) by The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/227), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(1) inserted (30.8.2024) by The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/227), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(4)(d) inserted (30.8.2024) by The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/227), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.3.2022, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/32/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:51:38.720338+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}