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THESE TENANCY AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TOGETHER WITH THE BOOKING DETAILS ABOVE, SET OUT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TENANCY AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH WE RENT THE ROOM IN THE PROPERTY FOR THE LENGTH OF STAY (AS SET OUT IN THE BOOKING DETAILS) TO YOU.

1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1 In these Tenancy Terms and Conditions:

"Booking Details" means the Booking Details above setting out the details of the Room, the Property, Your Payments and the Length of Stay (among other things);

"Contents" means the furnishings, fixtures and fittings in the Room or Flat Common Areas as listed on the inventory to be provided to you on moving-in to the Room;

"Flat" means the flat (if any) referred to in the Booking Details, including its Contents, but excluding the Service Media in the Flat;

"Flat Common Areas" means the Flat, other than the Room and any other rooms within the Flat (to be occupied exclusively by other tenants of the Flat);

"Landlord" means the Landlord as referred to in the Booking Details;

"Length of Stay" means the length of stay as specified in the Booking Details being the period from and including the Check In Date and ending on and including the Check Out Date as specified in the Booking Details;

"Payment Schedule" means the Payment Schedule Breakdown in the Booking Details setting out the amounts and the dates on which payments must be made;

"Property" means the building identified in the Booking Details where the Room, Flat, Flat Common Areas and the Property Common Areas are situated;

"Property Common Areas" means the entrance hall, stairs, corridors, laundry, courtyard, lifts, bicycle store (where applicable) and any other common areas in the Property provided for the benefit of all tenants;

"Regulations" means such regulations as we may make pursuant to clause 4.1.5 for the purpose of ensuring the safety, security, cleanliness and good management of the Property, any part of it, or the comfort or convenience of the tenants of rooms or flats in the Property, or the efficient or economical performance by us of our obligations under the Tenancy Agreement;

"Rent" means the amount stated as the Payment total in the Booking Details;

"Room" means the Room as referred to in the Booking Details including its Contents, but excluding the Service Media within the Room;

"Service Media" means central heating and hot water systems, electrical services for power and lighting, drainage and water services, and any data or phone services provided;

"Special Conditions" means the Special Conditions referred to in the Booking Details;

"Tenancy Agreement" means the tenancy agreement constituted by the Booking Details together with these Tenancy Terms and Conditions;

1.2 Unless set out to the contrary in these Tenancy Terms and Conditions, all terms defined in the Booking Details shall have the same meanings in these Tenancy Terms and Conditions.

1.3 The expression "Landlord" includes successors in title and any other person who at any particular time has the right to receive rent under the Tenancy Agreement.

1.4 When used in these Tenancy Terms and Conditions, the expressions "us" "we" and "our" shall be taken as references to the Landlord and the expressions "you" and "your" shall be taken as references to the Tenant.

1.5 Any obligation on us or you not to do any act or thing is also an obligation to take all reasonable steps not to permit or suffer any other person to do any such act or thing.

1.6 If any party to this Tenancy Agreement comprises two or more persons, all obligations and liabilities of each party are joint and several. This means that where, for example, the Tenant is more than one person, each person will be liable for all sums due under the Tenancy Agreement and not just liable for a proportionate part.

1.7 Headings used in these Tenancy Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and are not to be considered in interpreting the Tenancy Agreement.

1.8 You must be aged 17 or over before signing this Tenancy Agreement.

1.9 If you are aged 17 or over but under 18 years of age, you must notify us at least 4 weeks in advance of the Check In Date of any reasonable adjustments in connection with your occupation of the Room which you wish to request. We shall be under no obligation to make any adjustments, but will act reasonably in considering your request.

1.10 A reference to written or writing includes e-mail.

2 THE LETTING

2.1 We let the Room to you for the Length of Stay subject to the Booking Details and these Tenancy Terms and Conditions.

2.2 You are granted the following rights for the benefit of the Room in common with us and all other tenants of the Property (including all other persons from time to time duly authorised by us).

2.2.1 the right to use the Property Common Areas and the Flat Common Areas, including the right to come and go to and from the Room over such of the Property Common Areas as are designed or designated to allow access; and

2.2.2 the right to use the shared facilities within the Flat Common Areas.

2.3 We also reserve for ourselves and all those authorised by us the right to the free passage and running of water, soil, gas and electricity through any pipes, cables, wires, drains or sewers passing in or through the Room and the Flat.

2.4 The following are conditions of this Tenancy Agreement:

2.4.1 you remaining a student in full time education throughout the Length of Stay;

2.4.2 that you are not in breach of any previous tenancy with us;

2.4.3 you have no unspent criminal convictions; and

2.4.4 you are not committing any act of fraud or otherwise acting in an illegal way in entering into this Tenancy Agreement or in making any payments due under this Tenancy.

If you breach any of these conditions you will be in breach of this Tenancy Agreement. Being in breach of the tenancy does not allow you to terminate or avoid liability for any breaches of this Tenancy Agreement.

2.5 If we reasonably believe that you have breached this Tenancy Agreement, we reserve the right to (and you expressly consent that we may) inform your Guarantor, the academic establishment at which you are studying and any other relevant authorities of the circumstances of your breach.

3 OUR OBLIGATIONS

3.1 We agree with you that you may possess and enjoy the Room during the Length of Stay without any interruption from us or any person acting on our behalf (but if you breach this Tenancy Agreement by failing to pay the Rent or other payments included in the Payment Schedule and / or fail to perform any of your obligations under the Tenancy Agreement, then we reserve the right to seek redress via the Court’s which may result in you losing your right to possess the Room in accordance with clauses 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3 below) and we will:

3.1.1 maintain and repair the structure of the Property including the window frames and window glass;

3.1.2 maintain, repair, decorate and provide adequate heating and lighting to the Property Common Areas and the Flat Common Areas; and to clean the Property Common Areas;

3.1.3 maintain all Service Media serving the Flat, the Property Common Areas and the Flat Common Areas;

3.1.4 provide a supply of hot and cold water, heating and electrical power to the Flat;

3.1.5 provide security facilities for the Property; and

3.1.6 provide and maintain such equipment as we think fit in the Property Common Areas and the Flat Common Areas.

3.2 We reserve the right during the Length of Stay to offer you to alternative accommodation (which may be in a hotel) for the purpose of carrying out emergency repairs to the Room and/or the Flat and/or the Property or if we consider it necessary or desirable for any reason, to avoid difficulties between tenants or for the better management of the Property PROVIDED THAT:

3.2.1 you are given reasonable notice (except in emergency);

3.2.2 the alternative accommodation is of substantially no lesser standard than your Room/Flat; and

3.2.3 you will occupy the alternative accommodation on the same terms as those of the Tenancy Agreement, including the Rent payable.

3.2.4 you are in agreement to accept the alternative accommodation which is offered (and in the absence of your agreement, we shall be required to obtain permission from a Court in advance of any such move being enforceable).

3.3 Subject to clause 4.5.2. below, we will accept delivery of your parcels and mail in accordance with our Parcel Delivery Service Terms and Conditions (as published on the https://www.unitestudents.com/post-and-parcel-terms website), which you accept by entering into this Tenancy Agreement unless you let us know otherwise in accordance with clause 16. If you do not accept the Parcel Delivery Service Terms and Conditions we will not accept delivery of parcels and mail addressed to you.

4 YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

4.1 You agree to:

4.1.1 accept the Room, Flat, Property Common Areas, Flat Common Areas and the Property as being in good and tenantable repair and condition and fit for the purposes for which they are let and/or intended to be used from the Check In Date unless you let us know in writing in accordance with clause 16 of any defects in the condition and repair within 48 hours of you of you collecting the keys for the Room;

4.1.2 accept that all the Contents are present in the Room and Flat unless you let us know in writing in accordance with clause 16 that items are missing from the inventory within 48 hours of moving into the Room;

4.1.3 provide us with a certificate of exemption for council tax within 6 weeks of registering with your university or college or 10 weeks of your Check In Date (whichever is the sooner). In any cases where we as Landlord become liable to the local authority for any council tax payments, you will reimburse us for any council tax we are required to pay;

4.1.4 comply with any Special Conditions;

4.1.5 comply with any Regulations relating to your conduct in the Property which we may notify you of in writing from time to time. If there is any conflict between these Tenancy Terms and Conditions and those Regulations, these Tenancy Terms and Conditions will apply;

4.1.6 pay for the actual costs of replacement and any other expenses reasonably incurred by us, as a result of the loss by you of a key or the fob (or other access device);

4.1.7 pay to us in full the Rent and all other payments on the dates set out in the Booking Details. You will not off-set any amounts against the Rent or any other amounts due. We are not required to send reminders about payment due dates;

4.1.8 pay any reasonable costs and expenses (which must be reasonable both in amount and in nature) which we have properly incurred, where you have not carried out your obligations under the Tenancy Agreement. We are within our rights to recover any of these amounts from your deposit and/or via any claims against you (or your guarantor) via the Courts; and

4.1.9 allow us and all those authorised by us to enter the Room and the Flat on reasonable written notice of not less than 24 hours (except where, in our reasonable belief, we consider that there is an emergency and/or that an unlawful activity is or may be occurring within the Room or the Flat which is placing any person at risk of harm, when no notice will be given), for any necessary purpose, including but not limited to:

4.1.9.1 viewings with prospective tenants;

4.1.9.2 to inspect the condition and state of repair of the room or flat;

4.1.9.3 to carry out the Landlord’s repairing obligations and other obligations under this agreement;

4.1.9.4 to carry out any inspections required by law including (but not limited to) fire safety inspections; and,

4.1.9.5 to carry out any works, repairs, maintenance or installations required by law or any work associated with any necessary improvement or refurbishment work.

4.2 If you are in debt to us or any other group company in the Unite Group PLC’s group of companies, you agree that, any payments we receive from you will be allocated to the oldest debt first, which will include any sum that you still owe under any former tenancy agreement with us.

4.3 Anybody who makes payments on your behalf towards Rent or other amounts due from you under this Tenancy Agreement does so as your agent. In such circumstances you will remain liable for the payment of all sums under this Tenancy Agreement and all our rights and remedies against you remain fully preserved. Where applicable, funds will only be returned to you (not anyone else) following the end of the Length of Stay except for any deposit (if a deposit has been paid and is detailed in the Booking Details) which (if there is no claim to it under the Tenancy Terms and Conditions) will be repaid in accordance with the TDS Regulations referred to in clause 9.

4.4 If payment of the Rent due from you under this Tenancy Agreement is late by more than 14 days, you will pay interest at the rate of 3% per annum above the Bank of England base rate on the outstanding amount from the date payment was due until the payment is made in full. Interest will be calculated on a daily basis.

4.5 If payment of the Rent or any other money due from you under this Tenancy Agreement is late we reserve the right to:

4.5.1 remove internet access whilst your account is in arrears;

4.5.2 cease to accept delivery of your parcels and mail under clause 3.3 whilst your account is in arrears;

4.5.3 refer your account to a debt collection agency in order to recover outstanding Rent or other monies unpaid by you; and/ or

4.5.4 enter the Flat Common Areas (in accordance with clause 4.1.9) to discuss arrears.

5 YOUR OBLIGATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE ROOM AND FLAT

5.1 You agree that you will:

5.1.1 maintain the Room, its Contents and, with the other tenants of the Flat, the Flat Common Areas in at least as good repair, condition and decorative order and level of cleanliness as they are in at the Check In Date (except for damage by accidental fire and water from the Service Media and fair wear and tear). The inventory we provide you on moving in to the Room shall be evidence of the Contents’ existing condition, and any defect shall be noted on the inventory referred to in clause 4.1.2;

5.1.2 not remove any of the Contents from the Room or Flat and notify us as soon as possible of any damage in the Room and/or the Contents and/or the Flat and/or the Property; and

5.1.3 operate the Service Media and electrical appliances in the Flat in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and not change, damage, alter or interfere with them and ensure that any electrical appliances which are not supplied by us comply with all relevant standards and regulations.

5.2 You also agree to pay us a fair and reasonable proportion of any costs we incur in repairing any damage to the Room or the Flat or the Contents (including replacement items where this is necessary). These costs shall be apportioned:

5.2.1 As if you caused the damage to the Room (or the Contents of the Room); and

5.2.2 on the basis of the best available evidence in relation to the damage to the Flat (or the shared facilities or Contents in the Flat Common Areas).

6 YOUR CONDUCT OBLIGATIONS

6.1 You agree that you will occupy the Room/Flat for personal residential purposes only and that you will not:

6.1.1 sublet the Room/Flat or share occupation of the Room/Flat; or

6.1.2 carry out any profession, trade or business in the Room or the Flat.

6.2 You also agree that you will not use the Room, the Flat or the Property for any improper, immoral or illegal purpose nor use the Property or act in any way which may, in our reasonable opinion, cause a nuisance, damage or annoyance to the other tenants of the Property, neighbours, or any other person. In particular, you will not:

6.2.1 smoke in the Property (including E-cigarettes);

6.2.2 cause any noise which, if made within the Room, can be heard outside the Room or, if made within the Flat Common Areas can be heard outside the Flat Common Areas and which causes any disturbance to others;

6.2.3 keep or use illegal drugs or psychoactive substances;

6.2.4 keep or use any firearms, knives (other than kitchen knives), or any other weapons;

6.2.5 harass, threaten or assault any other tenants, their guests, our employees or any other person;

6.2.6 tamper with our fire prevention systems and control equipment (including not maliciously, recklessly or negligently activating such fire prevention systems);

6.2.7 use designated fire escapes except for the purposes of emergency escape;

6.2.8 keep, store or use any gas or oil heater or other fuel burning appliance in the Property, including candles and any other flame lit device;

6.2.9 keep any animal, bird, insect or reptile; or

6.2.10 erect any external wireless or television aerial or satellite dish at the Property or hang clothes or fabrics out of the windows or doors of the Property.

6.3 If you have any guests or visitors to the Property you will:

6.3.1 be responsible for the conduct of guests/ visitors;

6.3.2 make sure that any guests/visitors you may have to the Property comply with the provisions of this Clause 6; and

6.3.3 notify us in advance should you have any visitors to the Room or the Flat who may require assistance should it be necessary to evacuate the Property.

6.4 You should note that tampering with fire prevention/life-saving equipment including, but not restricted to, fire extinguishers, fire doors and smoke detectors, is a criminal offence (punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment) and it will be treated as a serious breach of this Tenancy Agreement.

7 TRANSFER OF TENANCY

7.1 You agree that you will not transfer the tenancy created by the Tenancy Agreement to anyone else. If you wish to end your tenancy early and have found a replacement tenant for the Room we will, acting reasonably, consider terminating your tenancy and entering into a replacement tenancy with the new occupier, subject to the following conditions:

7.1.1 the replacement tenant must provide a guarantor of his/her own in respect of their obligations under the replacement tenancy agreement;

7.1.2 the replacement tenant and their guarantor shall enter into a new tenancy agreement with us in similar terms as are contained in this Tenancy Agreement and which commences on the same date that your tenancy is terminated; and

7.1.3 you will pay any arrears before we agree to terminate your tenancy.

7.2 If we agree with you to change rooms to another room owned and/or operated by a company within the Unite Group PLC’s group of companies, you hereby agree to be bound by the terms of this Tenancy Agreement in respect of such room (until such time as a you enter into a new tenancy agreement).

8 WHEN YOU LEAVE

8.1 You agree to:

8.1.1 remove all your belongings (including rubbish)from the Property and return your key to the Room/Flat/Property to us at the end of the Tenancy Agreement no later than 10am on the date the Tenancy Agreement ends;

8.1.2 Pay all outstanding costs in accordance with clause 4.1.8; and

8.1.3 if you leave before the end of the Length of Stay you will on request confirm in writing your intention to surrender (end early) your tenancy with us which, subject to the provisions of this clause 8, we will accept.

9 YOUR SECURITY DEPOSIT (if applicable)

The provisions of this clause 9 shall only apply if your Booking Details state that a Deposit is payable.

In this clause 9 "Deposit" means the deposit for the amount stated in the Booking Details and which will be used as security for the performance of your obligations as specified in the Tenancy Agreement

9.1 You agree and acknowledge that the Deposit paid to us by you is paid to us as security for the performance of your obligations under the Tenancy Agreement.

9.2 We will submit the Deposit to a Scottish Government approved tenancy deposit scheme provider of our choice within 30 working days of the beginning of your Tenancy in accordance with the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (the "TDS Regulations").

9.3 We will provide you with the information required (including confirmation of the date on which the Deposit has been paid to the scheme provider) under the TDS Regulations within the timescale set out in the TDS Regulations.

9.4 You agree and acknowledge that we will be entitled to retain the following sums from the Deposit at the end of the Tenancy Agreement:

9.4.1 Any rent or other sums due to us by you in terms of the Tenancy Agreement but which are unpaid at the end of the Tenancy Agreement;

9.4.2 the cost of settling any bills for which you are responsible in terms of the Tenancy Agreement but which are unpaid at the end of the Tenancy Agreement and which we (in our discretion) settle;

9.4.3 where you have failed to return the Room/Flat and the Contents in the condition required under the Tenancy Agreement, the entire cost of carrying out any repair, replacement, redecoration and/or cleaning of the Room/Flat and the Contents; and

9.4.4 any other costs and expenses properly incurred by us in remedying any breach of your obligations under the Tenancy Agreement.

9.5 At the end of the Tenancy Period, you will be given the opportunity to attend a check-out inspection with one of our representatives with a view to reaching agreement as to what, if any, deductions we will be entitled to make from the Deposit. However, we reserve the right to give you notice of our intention to draw on the Deposit at any time in payment of any sums due from or spent on behalf of you under the Tenancy Agreement.

9.6 You will not off-set the Deposit against any payment of Rent or other sums due to us under the Tenancy Agreement.

9.7 Repayment of the Deposit shall be governed by the TDS Regulations.

9.8 For avoidance of doubt, any Deposit paid to any Landlord member of the UNITE Group may be used towards any outstanding charge or debt on any other booking with Unite Students for any academic year.

10 AGREEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS

10.1 It is agreed that you will be in breach of this Tenancy Agreement if :

10.1.1 you are in debt to any group company of the Unite Group PLC or its associated joint ventures and you have failed to declare this when booking this Tenancy Agreement; or

10.1.2 you have been notified in writing by any group company of the Unite Group PLC or its associated joint ventures that you are not permitted to stay with Unite Students and you have failed to declare this when booking this Tenancy Agreement; or

10.1.3 you or anyone else at your instigation have made any other false or misleading statement in the course of the booking of this Tenancy Agreement which has resulted in us granting it to you;

and, if so, we may apply for a Court Order for repossession of the Room. If the Court Order is enforced, the Tenancy Agreement will end immediately but without prejudice to any other right of action or remedy either you or we may have in respect of any breach of the other's obligations under the Tenancy Agreement.

10.2 It is also agreed that you will be in breach of this Tenancy Agreement, if at any point prior to the commencement of the Check In Date:

10.2.1 you are in breach of the usage guidelines in respect of our instant messaging service which facilitates tenants corresponding with flat mates prior to arrival (currently known as UChat); which usage guidelines are currently published on (1) the MyUnite app T&Cs and (2) the UChat community guidelines (both accessible at https://www.unitestudents.com/app-terms); or

10.2.2 you post material on social media platforms or elsewhere which we (acting reasonably) consider to be illegal, immoral, racist, posing a threat of violence or connected any act of terrorism (whether actual, fictional or proposed); or

10.2.3 you cease to be a student in full time education;

10.3 It is also agreed between you and us that from the start of the Length of Stay if:

10.3.1 the whole or any part of the Rent is unpaid after it becomes due (whether legally demanded or not); or

10.3.2 you are in breach of the usage guidelines in respect of our instant messaging service which facilitates tenants corresponding with flat mates prior to arrival (currently known as UChat) which usage guidelines are currently published on (1 the MyUnite app T&Cs and (2) the UChat community guidelines (both accessible at https://www.unitestudents.com/app-terms); or

10.3.3 you post material on social media platforms or elsewhere which we (acting reasonably) consider to be illegal, immoral, racist, posing a threat of violence or connected any act of terrorism (whether actual, fictional or proposed); or

10.3.4 you cease to be a student in full time education; or

10.3.5 you engage in any criminal or anti-social behaviour; or

10.3.6 you are in breach of any of the other terms of the Tenancy Agreement, or there are any other circumstances whereby Grounds 7A, 8, 10-15 (inclusive), or 17 of Schedule 2 of Housing Act 1988 apply;

then, we may apply for a Court Order for repossession of the Room. If the Court Order is enforced, the Tenancy Agreement will end immediately but without prejudice to any other right of action or remedy either you or we may have in respect of any breach of the other's obligations under the Tenancy Agreement.

10.4 If the Room, Flat and/or Property are destroyed, or are otherwise damaged so as to make the Room and/or Flat incapable of occupation, then we or you may end the Tenancy Agreement by giving the other one month's written notice.

10.5 If we agree to allow you to occupy the Room prior to the start of the Length of Stay it shall be as a licensee only, but otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Tenancy Agreement (but only to the extent that the terms are relevant to a licence agreement).

11 FAILURE TO CHECK IN

11.1 If you have not taken occupation of the Room within 14 days of your Check In Date (as stated in the Booking Details) without providing a written explanation which is satisfactory to us, and we have made not less than three attempts to contact you using the contact information you supplied to us when booking this Tenancy Agreement and you have failed to respond, we will treat such failure as an unconditional offer to surrender this Tenancy Agreement.

11.2 At such point we may remarket the Room and we will be deemed to have accepted such offer to surrender on the contracted start date of a tenancy agreement with another individual, which will be the “Surrender Date”.

11.3 You will remain liable to pay any Rent, costs or expenses as due under this Tenancy Agreement until either the Surrender Date or the end of the Length of Stay (whichever happens first) and we reserve the right to pursue you for any outstanding costs or rent arrears.

11.4 For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause 11 shall create any obligation on us to re-market the Room and/or grant a new Tenancy Agreement to a third party.

12 CANCELLATION POLICY

12.1 The rules governing the cancellation of your Tenancy Agreement are published at https://www.unitestudents.com/cancellation-policy and will apply in any attempts to cancel.

13 GUARANTEE

13.1 The Guarantor guarantees that you will perform and observe your obligations under the Tenancy Agreement (including payment of Rent). If you do not perform and observe your obligations, the Guarantor will do so instead. The Guarantor is liable to reimburse us for any unpaid rent, permitted fees you have been charged and any reasonable costs and expenses (which must be reasonable both in amount and in nature) which we have properly incurred, where you have not carried out your obligations under this Tenancy Agreement. We are under no obligation to bring any claims against you before bringing any action against the Guarantor.

14 DATA PROTECTION

14.1 In order to administer your Tenancy Agreement we need to use your personal information and personal information relating to your Guarantor. To find out more about how we use and share your personal information please see our Privacy Policy, as published at https://www.unitestudents.com/privacy-policy or you can make a written request for a hard copy from our notice address as set out in clause 6. The Privacy Policy also provides information about your rights in relation to your personal information and how you can exercise them.

15 SEVERABILITY

15.1 If any term, condition or provision contained in the Tenancy Agreement shall be held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining parts of the Tenancy Agreement shall not be affected.

16 NOTICES

16.1 You are hereby notified that you may serve notices (including notices in proceedings) on us by you at the following address (and addressed to the Landlord):

South Quay
Temple Back
Bristol
United Kingdom
BS1 6FL

16.2 The address for service of notices on you is the address for the Room as set in the Booking Details.

17 LEASE TO CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT

17.1 If the Room or any part thereof or the Flat or any part thereof are at any time damaged or destroyed by whatever cause, the Tenancy Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, subject to the after-mentioned provision. If the Room or any part thereof or the Flat or any part thereof shall be damaged or destroyed by whatever cause so as to render the Room and/or the Flat incapable of use in accordance with the Tenancy Agreement, then (1) subject to clause 3.2, and except to the extent that the Landlord’s insurance monies are irrecoverable by reason solely or in part of any act or default of the Tenant, the Rent or a fair and just proportion thereof according to the nature and extent of the damage sustained shall be suspended until the Room and/or the Flat shall again be rendered fit for occupation and use by the Tenant; or (2) at any time following the said damage or destruction, but prior to the Room and/or the Flat again being rendered fit for occupation and use by the Tenant, the Landlord or (except (i) where and for so long as alternative accommodation is available to the Tenant in terms of clause 3.2; and (ii) where the Tenant is in breach of the Tenancy Agreement) the Tenant may end the Tenancy Agreement by giving the other one month's written notice.

18 MATRIMONIAL HOMES (FAMILY PROTECTION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1981

18.1 The Tenant hereby confirms that the Room is not, and is not intended to be, a matrimonial home in terms of Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981; and upon the Tenancy Agreement becoming legally binding on the Tenant, no non-entitled spouse as defined by the said Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 exists in respect of the Room.

18.2 The Tenant hereby, without prejudice to any other provision of the Tenancy Agreement, undertakes not to share possession of the Room and/or the Flat with any person who may become a non-entitled spouse in terms of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981.

19 JURISDICTION

19.1 The Tenancy Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Law of Scotland and any dispute, difference or question of any kind which may arise between the parties shall be determined in accordance with the Law of Scotland and to any extent this may be required, the parties to the Tenancy Agreement hereby prorogate the jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts in relation to the Tenancy Agreement.

20 CONSENT OF REGISTRATION

20.1 The parties to the Tenancy Agreement consent to its registration and of any certificate issued thereunder for preservation and execution.