Section 51: Terms in standard securities relating to children or benefits status

Renters' Rights Act 2025 · 2025 c. 26View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Tenancy reform — Chapter 5: Discrimination in the rental market: Scotland

A term of a standard security over land that consists of or includes a dwelling is of no effect so far as the term makes provision (however expressed) requiring the debtor in the standard security to—

prohibit a tenant under a relevant tenancy from having a child live with or visit the tenant at the dwelling, or
restrict the circumstances in which a tenant under a relevant tenancy may have a child live with or visit the tenant at the dwelling.

A term of a standard security over land that consists of or includes a dwelling is of no effect so far as the term makes provision (however expressed) requiring the debtor in the standard security to prohibit a benefits claimant from being a tenant under a relevant tenancy.

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