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The Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011 No. 176

PART 2Sanctions

Court orders

9.—(1) A tenant who has paid a tenancy deposit may apply to the sheriff for an order under regulation 10 where the landlord did not comply with any duty in regulation 3 in respect of that tenancy deposit.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) must be made by summary application and must be made no later than 3 months after the tenancy has ended.

10.  If satisfied that the landlord did not comply with any duty in regulation 3 the sheriff—

(a)must order the landlord to pay the tenant an amount not exceeding three times the amount of the tenancy deposit; and

(b)may, as the sheriff considers appropriate in the circumstances of the application, order the landlord to—

(i)pay the tenancy deposit to an approved scheme; or

(ii)provide the tenant with the information required under regulation 42.

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