# Rent Act 1974, Section 14

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(3) After section 95 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 there shall be inserted the following section:—
“ Power of sheriff, in action for possession, to reduce period of notice to quit.
95A In any case where—
(a) a notice to quit a dwelling-house which is the subject of a Part VII contract has been served, and
(b) the period at the end of which the notice to quit takes effect is for the time being extended by virtue of section 92 or section 93 above, and
(c) at some time during that period the lessor institutes proceedings before the sheriff for possession of the dwelling-house, and
(d) in those proceedings the sheriff is satisfied that any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 95(2) above applies,
the sheriff may direct that the period referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be reduced se as to end at a date specified in the direction.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/51/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1974/section-14
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