Stage 2 amendments
Table 8: Stage 2 amendmentsPurpose and effect of the amendmentsResultAmendments 49 and 50, in the name of Rhoda Grant MSP, aim to give extra protection to the person who remains in the property (who has been a victim of abusive behaviour).Amendment 49 would prevent the landlord from raising proceedings to end that person's tenancy for six months from the date of the court order against the perpetrator of the abuse.Closely related to this, amendment 50 would stipulate that, from the date the court order is made against the perpetrator of abusive behaviour, the tenancy in favour of the person remaining is to be treated as a new tenancy.These amendments were withdrawn.Amendment 51, in the name of Rhoda Grant MSP, would mean that a court order relating to a perpetrator who is the sole tenant must explicitly say that a new tenancy is to be offered to the person remaining in the property.This amendment was withdrawn.