Regulation 2 Modification of schedule 1 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

Schedule 1 of the Act (tenancies which cannot be private residential tenancies) is modified in accordance with paragraph (2).

At the end of schedule 1 insert—

“Accommodation for veterans and care leavers

22.

(1)

A tenancy cannot be a private residential tenancy if the landlord is—

(a)

a charity providing accommodation to veterans, or

(b)

a charity providing temporary accommodation to a care leaver.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph—

• “care leaver” is a person who—

  1. (a)

     is under the age of 26 years,

  2. (b)

     was on that person’s sixteenth birthday or at any subsequent time looked after by a local authority, and

  3. (c)

     is no longer looked after by a local authority; and “looked after” is to be construed in accordance with sections 17(6) (duty of local authority to child looked after by them) and 29(7) (after-care) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f1,

• “charity” has the meaning given in section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005^f2, and

• “veteran” means a person who has served—

  1. (a)

     for at least one day in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces (regular and reserve), or

  2. (b)

     as a member of the Merchant Navy on a civilian vessel while supporting the Armed Forces.”.