When does the longer private tenancy notice period expire?

Where section 54(3) does not apply, the relevant period begins on actual tenant receipt and expires 84 days after that day. Establish more than six months of entitlement to occupy and that the only-listed-conduct-grounds branch does not apply.

Responsible actor. Landlord seeking an eviction order.

Identify actual tenant receipt of the valid notice to leave.

Establish the longer statutory branch and a valid notice. Section 62 separately controls the form date using a 48-hour assumption. The calculated period expiry does not certify actual application competency, eviction or possession.

Confirm the actual source event, exact branch, current regime and completion route. Only the established ordinary period is calculated.

1. The relevant period begins on actual receipt. Its expiry falls 84 calendar days later. Weekends and holidays do not automatically extend this statutory period.
2. Confirm the actual statutory or tribunal completion route and its cutoff.

The relevant period begins on actual receipt. Its expiry falls 84 calendar days later. Weekends and holidays do not automatically extend this statutory period.

Count calendar days. No automatic weekend, holiday or discretionary extension is inferred. Check the actual completion route and cutoff; earlier action may be necessary.

Fictitious example

Fictional facts. actual tenant receipt of the valid notice to leave is established as Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Selected branch. More than six months of entitlement, without the only-listed-grounds branch branch applies. All ordinary source conditions and the actual completion route are established.

Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.

Source condition 1

The tenancy and valid notice fall within the current Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 regime. Any temporary or different regime has been checked.

Source condition 2

The actual tenant receipt date is established. Sending alone, assumed receipt for the form and actual receipt are different facts.

Source condition 3

At actual receipt, the tenant was entitled to occupy for more than six months and the only-listed-conduct-grounds branch does not apply. Section 54(3) does not supply the shorter period.

Source condition 4

The notice satisfies section 62, including the specified form date and its separate 48-hour receipt assumption. This calculation shows section 54 period expiry only, not actual application competency, eviction or possession.

Source condition 5

The ordinary current period applies. No different statutory period, direction, extension, suspension or late permission changes this calculation.

• Confirm the actual source event, exact branch, current regime and completion route. Only the established ordinary period is calculated.
• Related procedures have different actors, events and periods. This result does not replace a different appeal, review, notice-form or application requirement.

• The tenancy and valid notice fall within the current Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 regime. Any temporary or different regime has been checked.
• The actual tenant receipt date is established. Sending alone, assumed receipt for the form and actual receipt are different facts.
• At actual receipt, the tenant was entitled to occupy for more than six months and the only-listed-conduct-grounds branch does not apply. Section 54(3) does not supply the shorter period.
• The notice satisfies section 62, including the specified form date and its separate 48-hour receipt assumption. This calculation shows section 54 period expiry only, not actual application competency, eviction or possession.
• The ordinary current period applies. No different statutory period, direction, extension, suspension or late permission changes this calculation.
• Establish the longer statutory branch and a valid notice. Section 62 separately controls the form date using a 48-hour assumption. The calculated period expiry does not certify actual application competency, eviction or possession.