# Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 138: Residential restriction on a long lease


In section 8 of the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (c.38), after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) The condition contained in subsection (1) above does not apply to a long lease executed after the commencement of section 138 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17) where at the time the lease is executed the lessee is—
(a) a social landlord (within the meaning of section 165 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010);
(b) a body connected to a social landlord (within the meaning of section 164 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010); or
(c) a rural housing body (within the meaning of section 122(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/17/section/138 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2010/section-138
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