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  "legislation_title": "Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision for Scotland, in relation to dwelling-houses let by islands and district councils and by certain other bodies, for a tenant’s right to purchase the dwelling-house which he occupies; to make provision, in relation to dwelling-houses let by islands and district councils and by certain other bodies, for a tenant’s right to security of tenure and to a written lease; in relation to private sector tenancies, to make provision for a new category of short tenancies; and to make other provision in relation to housing, rents and connected matters.\n[1st August 1985]",
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