# Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Act 2001, Section 6: Irritancy: limited disapplication of common law


(1) The rule of law entitling a landlord to terminate a lease in the event of a failure of the tenant to pay the rent due under the lease for a continuous period of two years shall not apply in relation to a relevant lease to which section 5 of this Act applies.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 12th February 2001.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/5/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-casualties-scotland-act-2001/section-6
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