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Section 25 Interpretation.

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In this Part of this Act—

  • “the court”, subject to the provisions of this section, means the sheriff;

  • “statutorily protected tenancy” means a protected tenancy or a tenancy to which any of the following Act apply—

    1. (i)

      the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931;

    2. (ii)

      the Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) M1Act 1949;

    3. (iii)

      F1the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991;

    4. (iv)

      the Crofters (Scotland) M2Acts 1955 and M31961;

    5. (v)

      F2the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (that is a limited duration tenancy, a modern limited duration tenancy or a repairing tenancy).

    F3...

(2)

Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect any jurisdiction of the Court of Session in relation to actions of removing.

(3)

Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect the operation of—

(a)

section 19 of the M4Defence Act 1842;

(b)

section 89 of the M5Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845;

F4(c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 25(1)(iii) substituted by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), s. 88(1), Sch. 11 para.41 (with s. 45(3)).

F2

Words in s. 25(1) inserted (30.11.2017) by The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Supplementary, Consequential, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/416), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5(2)(b) (with sch. 2 para. 5)

F3

Words in s. 25(1) omitted (30.11.2017) by virtue of The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Supplementary, Consequential, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/416), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5(2)(a)

F4

S. 25(3)(c) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s.1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Gp. 2.

Marginal citations

M1

1949 c. 25.

M2

1955 c. 21.

M3

1961 c. 58.

M4

1842 c. 94.

M5

1845 c. 19

Notes on Part III

Modifications

C1

Pts. II, III excluded by 2002 c. 29, s. 269A(5) (as inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 29(5), 58(1)(6)); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(l)