{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/58",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Cancellation of entries in register at instance of landlord.",
  "text": "(1) Where a rent has been registered under section 67 above but the dwelling-house has ceased to be subject to a Part VII contract, an application to the First-tier Tribunal may be made by the landlord in accordance with this section for the cancellation of the registration.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) On an application under subsection (1) above the First-tier Tribunal shall, where subsection (1) is complied with, cancel the registration, and shall make an entry in the register noting the cancellation and the date from which the cancellation takes effect.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) An application under this section shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars.\n(6) The First-tier Tribunal shall notify the applicant of its decision to grant or to refuse any application under this section and, where it grants the application, of the date from which the cancellation takes effect.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(1) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(16)(a) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 70(2) repealed by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 44(4), 52, 72(3), Sch. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(3) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(16)(b)(i) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(3) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(16)(b)(ii) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 70(4) omitted (1.12.2016) by virtue of The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(16)(c) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(6) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1(16)(d) (with sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/section/70",
    "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."
}