# Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Paragraph 15A


(1) A person (“person T”) who is the tenant or one of the joint tenants has engaged in behaviour which is abusive of a person (“person P”) who is a partner or ex-partner of person T, and the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The conditions are—
(a) person T is the sole tenant, or person T and person P are joint tenants (whether or not with others),
(b) the house is person P's only or principal home,
(c) person P wishes to continue living in the house,
(d) the landlord wishes—
(i) where person T is the sole tenant, to recover possession of the house from person T for the purpose of entering into a tenancy with person P instead,
(ii) where person T is a joint tenant, to bring person T's interest in the tenancy to an end.
(3) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) “partner or ex-partner of person T” means—
(i) the spouse or civil partner of person T,
(ii) a former spouse or former civil partner of person T,
(iii) a person with whom person T has, in the period of 12 months ending with the date on which the proceedings are raised under section 14(1), lived in the house as if a spouse of person T for a period of, or more than one period amounting in total to, at least 6 months,
(b) the reference to behaviour by person T which is abusive of person P is to be construed in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021, as if the references in those sections to—
(i) person A were references to person T,
(ii) person B were references to person P.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/schedule/2/paragraph/15A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-15A
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