Paragraph 22 F1
A tenancy cannot be a private residential tenancy if the landlord is—
a charity providing accommodation to veterans, or
a charity providing temporary accommodation to a care leaver.
For the purposes of this paragraph—
“care leaver” is a person who—
- (a)
is under the age of 26 years,
- (b)
was on that person’s sixteenth birthday or at any subsequent time looked after by a local authority, and
- (c)
is no longer looked after by a local authority; and “looked after” is to be construed in accordance with sections 17(6) (duty of local authority to child looked after by them) and 29(7) (after-care) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,
- (a)
“charity” has the meaning given in section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and
“veteran” means a person who has served—
- (a)
for at least one day in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces (regular and reserve), or
- (b)
as a member of the Merchant Navy on a civilian vessel while supporting the Armed Forces.
- (a)
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1 para. 22 inserted (1.7.2019) by The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Modification of Schedule 1) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/216), regs. 1, 2 (with reg. 3)