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Section 82 Interpretation of sections 14, 19 and 20F6C1

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In F1... sections 14, 19, F2and 20, except where provision is made to the contrary,

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  • “family” and any reference to membership thereof shall be construed in accordance with section 83;

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  • “landlord” means a person who lets a house to a tenant for human habitation, and includes his successors in title;

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  • “tenancy” means any agreement under which a house is made available for occupation for human habitation, and “leases”, “let” and “lets” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “tenant” means a person who leases a house from a landlord and who derives his right therein directly from the landlord, and in the case of joint tenancies means all the tenants.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 82 repealed (1.8.2016) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(7)(a); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)

F2

Words in s. 82 substituted (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(a); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

F3

Words in s. 82 repealed (1.8.2016) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(7)(b); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)

F4

Words in s. 82 repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 8 Pt. 2; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F5

Definitions of

“rent to loan purchaser”

and

“rent to loan scheme”

in s. 82 repealed (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(b); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

F6

S. 82 heading substituted (1.8.2016) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(8); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)

Modifications

C1

S. 82 modified (13.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/325, regs. 3, 5, 7, Sch. 1