Background and Overview Part 2 – Tenants of Social Landlords Chapter 1 – Scottish Secure Tenancies Section 12: Restriction on termination of tenancy
28.This section sets out the six ways in which a Scottish secure tenancy may be terminated:
	by a court order for recovery of possession on one of the 15 grounds in Part 1 of schedule 2 (under section 16(2));
	where a tenancy has been abandoned (by operation of section 18(2));
	on the death of a tenant, and subject to the provisions relating to succession (by operation of section 22);
	on conversion to a short Scottish secure tenancy (by operation of section 35);
	by written agreement between the landlord and tenant;
	by 4 weeks’ notice given by the tenant to the landlord.
29.Subsections (2) and (3)provide security of tenure for a tenant who is being accommodated temporarily in another house while their own house is not available for occupation.