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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021-commencement-no-1-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2025/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-protection-scotland-act-2021-commencement-no-1-regulations-2025",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force, on 1 August 2026, sections 2, 3 and 22 of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (“the Act”). Sections 2 and 3 are commenced for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act. Section 2 of the Act provides a meaning of “abusive behaviour” for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act, and section 3 provides additional clarification as to what behaviour constitutes “abusive behaviour”. The description in section 3 is non-exhaustive.\nSection 22 of the Act amends sections 14 and 16 and schedule 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10, “the 2001 Act”). Section 22(4) inserts paragraph 15A into schedule 2 of the 2001 Act, creating a new ground on which the landlord under a Scottish secure tenancy may raise court proceedings under section 14 of the 2001 Act. The definitions in sections 2 and 3 of the Act are cross-referenced in the new paragraph 15A.\nOn this new ground, the landlord may raise proceedings either: for recovery of possession of the house (in the case of a sole tenant), or for termination of the tenant’s interest in the tenancy (in the case of a joint tenant).",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/400/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:32:32.154320+00:00"
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  "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."
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