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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-scottish-secure-tenancies-proceedings-for-possession-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/155",
  "legislation_title": "The Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/short-scottish-secure-tenancies-proceedings-for-possession-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese regulations prescribe the form of notice to be used by a landlord when notifying a tenant under a short Scottish secure tenancy, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (“the Act”), that the landlord requires possession of the house occupied by that tenant and may commence possession proceedings in respect of that house.\nSchedule 1 contains the form of notice that is to be used in relation to a short Scottish secure tenancy created by virtue of section 35 or paragraph 1, 2 or 2A of schedule 6 of the Act.\nSchedule 2 contains the form of notice that is to be used in relation to a short Scottish secure tenancy created by virtue of paragraph 3,4,5, 6, 7 or 7A of schedule 6 of the Act.\nA notice in the prescribed form must be served by a landlord on a tenant in terms of section 36(2) of the Act.\nThe notice sets out the time limits within which the landlord is permitted to commence possession proceedings.\nRegulation 3 revokes the Short Scottish Secure Tenancies (Proceedings for Possession) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/319). Regulation 4 makes a saving for notices served prior to 1st May 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/155/note",
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  },
  "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."
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