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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-scotland-amendment-no2-order-1995/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3185",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-scotland-amendment-no2-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1995",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1995—\n(a) in paragraph 4(2)(b) (local reference rents)—\n(i) in the chapeau to sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) insert after “use” the words “under the tenancy of the dwelling”;\n(ii) before sub-paragraph (i) insert—\n“(ia) that under the assured tenancy the tenant does not have the use of more than one bedroom or room suitable for living in;”; and\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii) for “otherwise than with a member of his household” substitute “with a person other than a member of the tenant’s household, a non-dependant or a person who pays rent to the tenant”;\n(b) after paragraph 4(3) insert—\n“(3A) In sub-paragraph (2)(b)—\n“bedroom or room suitable for living in” does not include a room which the tenant shares with any person other than—\n(a) a member of the tenant’s household;\n(b) a non-dependant (as defined in this sub-paragraph); or\n(c) a person who pays rent to the tenant; and\n“non-dependant” means a non-dependant of the tenant within the meaning of regulation 3 of the 1987 Regulations.”;\n(c) in paragraph 7(2) (housing associations and charities) for “a charity” substitute “where the landlord is a charity and the dwelling is provided by the landlord in the pursuit of its charitable purposes”; and\n(d) in paragraph 9 (indicative rent levels)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (3)(d) after “two rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (c) applies”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (3)(e) after “three rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (d) applies”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (3)(f) after “four rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (e) applies”;\n(iv) in sub-paragraph (3)(g) after “five rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (e) applies”;\n(v) in sub-paragraph (3)(h) after “six rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (g) applies”; and\n(vi) in the definition of room in sub-paragraph (5) after “in” insert\n“and in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of sub-paragraph (3) does not include a room which the tenant shares with any person other than—\n(a) a member of the tenant’s household;\n(b) a non-dependant of the tenant within the meaning of regulation 3 of the 1987 Regulations; or\n(c) a person who pays rent to the tenant;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/1643; to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1971; regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 1989/416, S.I. 1990/546 and 1775, S.I. 1994/3061 and S.I. 1995/560."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3185/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}