Long Leases (Temporary Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1951
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1951 c. 28 |
| Year | 1951 |
Long Leases (Temporary Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1951
(14 & 15 Geo. 6) CHAPTER 28
An Act to make temporary provision for the protection of occupiers of residential property in Scotland under leases of not less than thirty-one years.
[10th May 1951]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Continuation of certain leases.
(1) Where, in terms of any lease to which this section applies, the ish falls within the period of two years beginning with the commencement of this Act, the lease shall, subject as hereinafter provided, have effect as if for such ish there were substituted the date when the said period expires.
(2) This section applies to any lease for not less than thirty-one years of property in Scotland if, immediately before the ish, the tenant or a member of his family is living in the property or a part thereof in pursuance of the lease.
2 Power of tenant to exclude operation of foregoing section.
(1) Where the tenant under any such lease as is mentioned in subsection (1) of the foregoing section gives to the landlord, within the time hereinafter specified, notice in writing that he does not desire that the lease shall be continued under the said subsection (1), that subsection shall not have effect regarding such lease.
(2) Notice for the purposes of the last foregoing subsection shall be given not later than forty days before the ish, or, if the ish occurs not more than forty days after the commencement of this Act, such notice shall be given not later than forty days after such commencement.
(3) Where a lease has been continued under subsection (1) of section one of this Act, and the tenant gives to the landlord notice in writing that he desires that the said subsection (1) shall no longer apply to the lease, the lease shall come to an end on such date not earlier than forty days after the giving of the notice as may be specified therein.
3 Restrictions on enforcement of irritancy, etc.
(1) While, in pursuance of a lease of property in Scotland for not less than thirty-one years and terminating at an ish falling within the period specified in subsection (1) of section one of this Act, the tenant or a member...
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