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Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Act 2001.

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide for the extinction of leasehold casualties; for the payment of compensation on their extinction; for irritancy provisions in certain leases of land to be void; for the disapplication, in relation to certain leases, of the rule of law entitling a landlord in certain circumstances to terminate a lease; and for connected purposes.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Lease Contract/agreement
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

In a relevant lease (i.e. in a lease of land granted before 1 September 1974 for a period of not less than one hundred and seventy-five years), any provision which stipulates for payment of a casualty is void; and, accordingly, any such payment which would, but for this subsection, have fallen due on or after the relevant day shall not be exigible. "Casualty" means any duplicand or other periodical or casual payment stipulated in a relevant lease to be payable by the tenant to the landlord in addition to the rent. Where a casualty is extinguished by virtue of section 1 of this Act, a landlord may, not later than one year after the day on which this Act received Royal Assent, give written notice to the tenant: (a) requiring the tenant to pay to him compensation calculated in accordance with section 3 of this Act; and (b) specifying the amount of compensation required as calculated by him; and the tenant shall be liable to pay such compensation.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk