# Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Paragraph 12: Qualified persons: co-operative housing associations


(1) This paragraph applies where the landlord is a registered social landlord which is a co-operative housing association.
(2) A qualified person who is entitled to the benefit of paragraph 6, 7 or 8 must, 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, apply for membership of the co-operative housing association.
(3) Where a qualified person—
(a) fails to comply with sub-paragraph (2), or
(b) complies with that sub-paragraph but the co-operative housing association refuses the application for membership,
the person is to be treated as having declined the tenancy at the time of the tenant’s death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/schedule/3/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-12
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