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Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

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1(1)An application for an HMO licence must be written in such form as the local authority may reasonably require.

(2)Such an application must set out—

(a)the address of the living accommodation concerned,

(b)in the case of an application by an individual, the name and address of the applicant,

(c)in the case of an application by a body, the information set out in sub-paragraph (3),

(d)if the applicant wishes the HMO licence to authorise an agent to act for the applicant in relation to the occupation of the living accommodation—

(i)where the agent is an individual, the name and address of the agent, or

(ii)where the agent is a body, the information set out in sub-paragraph (3),

(e)any other information which the Scottish Ministers may by order require to be set out in such an application, and

(f)any other information which the local authority may reasonably require.

(3)The information referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(c) and (d)(ii) is—

(a)the name of the body,

(b)the body’s principal office, and

(c)the name and address of each of the directors, partners or other persons concerned in the management of the body.

(4)The application must be—

(a)signed by or on behalf of the applicant, and

(b)accompanied by the application fee (see section 161).

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