# The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This Note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1989.
That Order provided for the rent officer on an application by a local authority to make a determination or re-determination relating to the level of rent, size of dwelling and rent attributable to the provision of services in a tenancy (other than an excluded tenancy) or any other right of occupancy. Determinations and re-determinations are arrived at with reference to the time an application is made for the determination.
This Order amends the original Order so that the relevant time will be either the time of the application or, if the tenancy or occupancy right has ended by then, the time when it came to an end (article 2(b) and (c)).
The original Order is also amended so as to apply the time of application or ending of the tenancy or occupancy right to those provisions of the original Order dealing with excluded tenancies or rights (article 2(e)).
This Order also amends the original Order so that for the purposes of determining the rent attributable to the provision of services the provision of meals is not to be included (article 2(d)).
This Order also includes in the original Order a definition of “child” so that it is made clear that in determinations relating to size criteria one bedroom is allowed for any person who is aged 16 or over (article 2(a) and (f)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1446/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-scotland-amendment-order-1989/note
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