# Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Paragraph 11: Declining a tenancy


(1) A qualified person who is entitled to the benefit of paragraph 6, 7 or 8 may decline the tenancy by giving the landlord notice in writing within 4 weeks of the tenant’s death or, where the qualified person was given notice under paragraph 10, within 4 weeks of the date on which that notice was given.
(2) Notice under sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if given at the time of the tenant’s death.
(3) A qualified person who declines a tenancy—
(a) must vacate the house within 3 6 months of the date of the notice under sub-paragraph (1) declining the tenancy,
(b) is liable to pay rent which becomes due after the tenant’s death only in respect of any rental period (that is to say, a period in respect of which an instalment of rent falls to be paid) during any part of which the qualified person has occupied the house after the tenant’s death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/schedule/3/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-11
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