Information for Landlords: New Tenancy Changes from 1st December 2017
The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, has introduced a new tenancy arrangement known as the 'Private Residential Tenancy'.
This new tenancy arrangement replaces assured and short assured tenancy agreements for any new tenancies from the 1st December 2017.
A landlord is under a legal duty to provide the written terms of a private residential tenancy under section 10 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016. A tenancy agreement is a contract between a landlord and tenant; it sets out the conditions for renting a property in the private sector for both parties.
The Scottish Government has recently published updated versions of the model Private Residential Tenancy Agreement, Easy Read Notes, and Statutory Terms Supporting Notes. This update takes account of changes to data protection laws.
Updated pdfs for each document can be accessed on the Scottish Government’s website as follows:
Model Tenancy Agreement:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-model-private-residential-tenancy-agreement/
Easy Read Notes:
Statutory Terms Supporting Notes:
The downloadable output of the Scottish Government’s model tenancy agreement tool has also been updated:
The Model Tenancy Agreement tool can be found here:
https://www.mygov.scot/tenancy-agreement-scotland/