{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/58",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Tenancies to which sections 55 to 59 apply.",
  "text": "This section and sections 56 to 59 below apply to a tenancy where—\n(a) the interest of the landlord under that tenancy belongs to a housing association or to the Housing Corporation, and\n(b) the tenancy would be a protected tenancy but for section 1(1)(a) or 5 above but do not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, to a tenancy which is a lease under a shared ownership agreement within the meaning of section 83(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10).,\nand in this section and the said sections 56 to 59 “tenancy” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a tenancy to which those sections apply.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 47(2), 52"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 55(b) substituted (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 9(4); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 55 modified by Fire Precautions Act 1971 (c. 40, SIF 50), s. 34, Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 55-59 continued (temp.) (30.9.2002) by The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Scottish Secure Tenancy etc.) Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/318), art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/section/55",
    "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."
}