Article 2

The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1989^f1 is amended as follows:—

(a)

in article 2(1) (interpretation), after “requires—” insert the following definition:—

““child” means a person under the age of 16;”;

(b)

in paragraphs 1(1) and (2) and 2(2) of Schedule 1 (determinations) after “determination is made” insert “(or, if earlier, the tenancy ends)”;

(c)

in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 insert at the end “at the time the application for the determination is made (or, if earlier, the tenancy ends)”;

(d)

in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 insert at the end “but not the provision of meals (including the preparation of meals or provision of unprepared food)”;

(e)

in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (excluded tenancies)—

(i)

after “at the time of the determination” insert “or, if earlier, of the end of the tenancy”; and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (c) for “(and that determination” substitute “or, if earlier, when that tenancy ended (and the earlier determination”; and

(f)

in Schedule 3 (size criteria) for paragraph 1(b) substitute

“(b)

a person who is not a child,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1989/578.