{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/58",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Extended discretion of court in claims for possession of certain dwelling-houses.",
  "text": "(1) ...the First-tier Tribunal may adjourn, for such period or periods as it thinks fit, proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house which is let on a protected tenancy or subject to a statutory tenancy.\n(2) On the making of an order for possession of such a dwelling-house, or at any time before the execution of such an order (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act), the First-tier Tribunal... may—\n(a) sist or suspend execution of the order, or\n(b) postpone the date of possession,\nfor such period or periods as the Tribunal thinks fit.\n(3) Any such adjournment as is referred to in subsection (1) above and any such sist, suspension or postponement as is referred to in subsection (2) above may be made subject to such conditions with regard to payment by the tenant of arrears of rent, rent or compensation to the owner for loss of possession and otherwise as the First-tier Tribunal thinks fit.\n(4) If any such conditions as are referred to in subsection (3) above are complied with, the First-tier Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, discharge or rescind any such order as is referred to in subsection (2) above.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) repealed (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 45(3)(a), 59(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) substituted (1.12.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 1 para. 4(a); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(2) substituted (1.12.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 1 para. 4(b); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(2) repealed (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 45(3)(b), 59(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(3) substituted (1.12.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 1 para. 4(c); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(4) substituted (1.12.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 1 para. 4(d); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 12(5) repealed (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 45(3)(c), 59(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:00.324932+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}