# The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 1995, Article 2: Amendments to Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1995


In Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1995—
(a) in paragraph 4(2)(b) (local reference rents)—
(i) in the chapeau to sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) insert after “use” the words “under the tenancy of the dwelling”;
(ii) before sub-paragraph (i) insert—
“(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
(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”;
(b) after paragraph 4(3) insert—
“(3A) In sub-paragraph (2)(b)—
“bedroom or room suitable for living in” does not include a room which the tenant shares with any person other than—
(a) a member of the tenant’s household;
(b) a non-dependant (as defined in this sub-paragraph); or
(c) a person who pays rent to the tenant; and
“non-dependant” means a non-dependant of the tenant within the meaning of regulation 3 of the 1987 Regulations.”;
(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
(d) in paragraph 9 (indicative rent levels)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (3)(d) after “two rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (c) applies”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (3)(e) after “three rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (d) applies”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (3)(f) after “four rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (e) applies”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (3)(g) after “five rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (e) applies”;
(v) in sub-paragraph (3)(h) after “six rooms” insert “and where none of paragraphs (a) to (g) applies”; and
(vi) in the definition of room in sub-paragraph (5) after “in” insert
“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—
(a) a member of the tenant’s household;
(b) a non-dependant of the tenant within the meaning of regulation 3 of the 1987 Regulations; or
(c) a person who pays rent to the tenant;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3185/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-scotland-amendment-no2-order-1995/article-2
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