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Section 73 Minor errors in documentsI1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

An error in the completion of a document to which this section applies does not make the document invalid unless the error materially affects the effect of the document.

(2)

This section applies to—

(a)

a notice under section 14(3), 16(3)(c), 22(1) F1, 43L(1), 61(1),

(b)

the document by which a referral is made to a rent officer under section 24(1) F2or 43N(2),

F3(c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(ca)

the document by which a request for review is made to a rent officer under section 43Q(1),

(cb)

the document by which a request is made for the landlord’s consent under section 64B(1) or 64I(1), and

(d)

a notice to leave (as defined by section 62(1)).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in s. 73(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2026) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), s. 86(2), sch. para. 7(4)(a)(i); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

F2

Words in s. 73(2)(b) inserted (1.4.2026) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), s. 86(2), sch. para. 7(4)(b); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

F3

S. 73(2)(c) repealed (1.4.2026) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), s. 86(2), sch. para. 7(4)(c); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

F4

S. 73(2)(ca)(cb) inserted (1.4.2026 for the insertion of s. 73(2)(ca)) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), s. 86(2), sch. para. 7(4)(d); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

Commencement

I1

S. 73 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.