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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-50",
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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": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Termination by notice to leave and tenant leaving",
  "text": "(1) A tenancy which is a private residential tenancy comes to an end if—\n(a) the tenant has received a notice to leave from the landlord, and\n(b) the tenant has ceased to occupy the let property.\n(2) A tenancy comes to an end under subsection (1) on the later of—\n(a) the day specified in the notice to leave in accordance with section 62(1)(b), or\n(b) the day on which the tenant ceases to occupy the let property.\n(3) For the avoidance of doubt, a tenancy which is to come to an end under subsection (1) may be brought to an end earlier in accordance with section 48.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 50 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/section/50",
    "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."
}