Structure and Summary of the Act Part 5 – Termination Chapter 4 – Interpretation of Part
96.Section 62 sets out that the prescribed notice to leave issued by a landlord must: be in writing; specify the day on which the landlord expects to be entitled to make an application to the Tribunal for an eviction order; state the ground, or grounds, on which the landlord proposes to end the tenancy; and fulfil any other requirements set out in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers. The day specified in the notice to leave will be the day after the relevant notice period ends (see section 54).
97.Section 63 ensures that a lender who has a security over the let property (a mortgage) and is entitled to sell the property because the owner has defaulted on his or her repayments can apply for an eviction order against a tenant of the let property in the same way as a landlord can.
98.Section 64 provides that with the exception of the references to six months in section 59, any reference to a period of six months in Part 5 means either the same day six months after the month in which it began or, if the month in which the period ends has no such day, the final day of that month. For example if the start of the six month period was 4 February the last day of the six month period would be 4 August, and if the start date was 31 August the last day would be 28 or 29 February, depending on whether or not it was a leap year.