New Clause 19: Renters (Reform) Bill
New Clause 19 - Terms in standard securities relating to children or benefits status: Scotland
“(1) 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—
(a) prohibit a tenant under a relevant tenancy from having a child live with or visit the tenant at the dwelling, or
(b) restrict the circumstances in which a tenant under a relevant tenancy may have a child live with or visit the tenant at the dwelling.
(2) 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.”—(Jacob Young.)