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Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. The Act

  3. Structure and Summary of the Act

    1. Part 1 – Registration of Private Landlords

      1. Sections 1 and 2 – Fit and proper person

      2. Section 3 – Landlord registration number

      3. Section 4 – Appointment of agents

      4. Section 5 – Access to register: additional information

      5. Section 6 – Duty to include certain information in advertisements

      6. Sections 7 and 8 – Penalties for unregistered landlords

      7. Section 9 – Power to obtain information

      8. Section 10 – Part 8 of the 2004 Act: Guidance

      9. Section 11 – Private Rented Housing Panel: information to be given to a local authority

    2. Part 2 - Houses in Multiple Occupation

      1. Section 13 – Amendment of HMO licensing regime

      2. Section 14 - Penalties for certain HMO offences

      3. Section 15 – Statement of reasons for decisions

      4. Section 16 - Guidance

    3. Part 3 – Overcrowding Statutory Notices

      1. Section 17 – Overcrowding statutory notice

      2. Section 18 – Matters to be considered prior to service of an overcrowding statutory notice

      3. Section 19 – Information and advice for occupiers

      4. Sections 20 to 26 and 28 – Overcrowding: further provisions

      5. Section 27 – Power to obtain information

      6. Section 29 – Guidance

      7. Section 30 – Reports

    4. Part 4 – Miscellaneous

      1. Section 32 - Premiums

      2. Section 33 - Tenant information packs

      3. Section 34 - Notices required for termination of a short assured tenancy

      4. Section 35 - Landlord applications to the private rented housing panel

      5. Sections 36 and 37 - Long leases and heritable securities

    5. Part 5 – General

      1. Section 38 - Interpretation

      2. Section 39 - Ancillary provision

      3. Section 40 - Orders

      4. Section 41 - Short title and Commencement

  4. Parliamentary History

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