Section 49 Tenancies: transitional provisionI1
Scotland
The 2020 Regulations continue in force (despite regulation 1 of those Regulations and the expiry of paragraphs 4 and 5 of schedule 1 of the 2020 (No.2) Act).
They are deemed to have been made under the powers conferred by section 18(4A)(b) of the 1988 Act and paragraph 12(4)(b) of schedule 3 of the 2016 Act.
In the 2020 Regulations—
references to the pre-action requirements are to be read as references to the pre-action protocol,
the reference in regulation 3 to section 18(3C) is to be read as a reference to section 18(4A)(b),
the reference in regulation 4 to paragraph 12(3B) is to be read as a reference to paragraph 12(4)(b).
Nothing in this section affects the 2020 Regulations insofar as they continue to apply by virtue of section 48.
In this section—
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“the 1988 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988,
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“the 2016 Act” means the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016,
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“the 2020 (No.2) Act” means the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020,
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“the 2020 Regulations” means the Rent Arrears Pre-Action Requirements (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/304).