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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/19",
  "legislation_title": "Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) It is an eviction ground that the landlord intends to live in the let property.\n(2) The First-tier Tribunal may find that the ground named by sub-paragraph (1) applies if—\n(a) the landlord intends to occupy the let property as the landlord's only or principal home for at least 3 months , and\n(b) the Tribunal is satisfied that it is reasonable to issue an eviction order on account of that fact.\n(3) References to the landlord in this paragraph—\n(a) in a case where two or more persons jointly are the landlord under a tenancy, are to be read as referring to any one of them,\n(b) in a case where the landlord holds the landlord's interest as a trustee under a trust, are to be read as referring to a person who is a beneficiary under the trust.\n(4) Evidence tending to show that the landlord has the intention mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) includes (for example) an affidavit stating that the landlord has that intention.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in sch. 3 para. 4(2) substituted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 43(3)(d)(i), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 3 para. 4(2) renumbered as sch. 3 para. 4(2)(a) (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 43(3)(d)(ii), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(b) and word inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 43(3)(d)(iii), 59(1) (with s. 48(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:28.355400+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}