Housing (Scotland) Act 2014
Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 14)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 14)
- PART 1 Right to buy
- 1 Abolition of the right to buy
- 2 Amendment of right to buy provisions
- PART 2 Social housing
- Allocation of social housing
- 3 Reasonable preference in allocation of social housing
- 4 Rules on priority of allocation of housing: consultation
- 5 Factors which may be considered in allocation: ownership of property
- 6 Determination of minimum period for application to remain in force
- Short Scottish secure tenancy
- 7 Creation of short Scottish secure tenancy: antisocial behaviour
- 8 Grant of short Scottish secure tenancy: homeowners
- 9 Short Scottish secure tenancy: term
- 10 Short Scottish secure tenancy: extension of term
- 11 Short Scottish secure tenancy: recovery of possession
- Scottish secure tenancy
- 12 Assignation, sublet and joint tenancy of Scottish secure tenancy
- 13 Succession to Scottish secure tenancy
- 14 Grounds for eviction: antisocial behaviour
- 15 Recovery of possession of properties designed for special needs
- PART 3 Private rented housing
- Transfer of sheriff's jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal
- 16 Regulated and assured tenancies etc.
- 17 Repairing standard
- 18 Right to adapt rented houses
- 19 Landlord registration
- 20 Houses in multiple occupation
- Landlord registration: time limit for determining application
- 21 Landlord registration: time limit for determining application
- Repairing standard
- 22 Carbon monoxide alarms
- 23 Electrical safety inspections
- 24 Power to modify repairing standard etc.
- Enforcement of repairing standard
- 25 Third party application in respect of the repairing standard
- 26 Procedure for third party applications
- 27 Appeals in relation to third party applications
- Private rented housing: Enhanced Enforcement Areas
- 28 Private rented housing: Enhanced Enforcement Areas
- PART 4 Letting agents
- Inclusion in the register
- 29 Register of letting agents
- 30 Application for registration
- 31 Offence of providing false information in an application
- 32 Decision on application
- 33 Time limit for determining application
- 34 Fit and proper person considerations
- 35 Fit and proper person: criminal record information
- Duties of registered letting agents
- 36 Letting agent registration number
- 37 Duty to inform: change of circumstances
- Removal from the register
- 38 Duration of registration
- 39 Revocation of registration
- 40 Removal from register on application
- Appeals
- 41 Appeals
- Consequences of refusal or removal
- 42 Note on register where refusal or removal
- 43 No payment for letting agency work where refusal or removal
- Offences where no registration
- 44 Offence of operating as a letting agent without registration
- 45 Offence of using a registration number where no registration
- Code of practice
- 46 Letting Agent Code of Practice
- 47 Prohibition on contracting out
- Letting agent enforcement orders
- 48 Applications to First-tier Tribunal to enforce code of practice
- 49 Variation and revocation of enforcement orders
- 50 Failure to comply with enforcement order
- 51 Enforcement orders: offence
- Monitoring of compliance
- 52 Power to obtain information
- 53 Power to carry out inspections
- 54 Warrants for entry
- 55 Inspections: supplemental
- 56 Information and inspection: offence
- General
- 57 Transfer of jurisdiction of actions involving letting agents
- 58 Offences by bodies corporate etc.
- 59 Delegation of functions relating to the register
- 60 Landlord registration where agent is a registered letting agent
- 61 Meaning of letting agency work
- 62 Interpretation of Part 4
- PART 5 Mobile home sites with permanent residents
- General application
- 63 Licensing of sites for permanent residents
- Part 1A site licence
- 64 Relevant permanent site application
- 65 Issue, renewal, transfer and transmission of a Part 1A site licence
- 66 Duration of a Part 1A site licence
- 67 Duty to inform local authority where change
- 68 Revocation of a Part 1A site licence: fit and proper person
- 69 Appeals relating to a Part 1A site licence
- 70 Power to make provision in relation to procedure and appeals
- Fit and proper persons
- 71 Fit and proper person considerations
- 72 Fit and proper person: criminal conviction certificate
- 73 Fit and proper person: information sharing
- Offences relating to relevant permanent sites
- 74 Offences relating to relevant permanent sites
- Local authority enforcement at relevant permanent sites
- 75 Improvement notices
- 76 Penalty notices
- 77 Appointment of interim manager
- 78 Emergency action
- 79 Powers of entry
- 80 Recovery of inspection and enforcement expenses
- Miscellaneous
- 81 Offences by bodies corporate etc. under Part 1A of the 1960 Act
- 82 Part 1A of the 1960 Act: miscellaneous provision
- 83 Transitional provision for existing site licences
- 84 Agreements to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies
- PART 6 Private housing conditions
- 85 Tenement management scheme
- 86 Notice of potential liability for costs: notice of discharge
- 87 Work notices
- 88 Maintenance orders
- 89 Maintenance plans
- 90 Non-residential premises: repayment charges
- 91 Repayment charges: recovery of repayable amount
- 92 Charging orders
- PART 7 Miscellaneous
- 93 Right to redeem heritable security after 20 years: power to exempt
- 94 First-tier Tribunal: disqualification of members from exercise of certain functions
- 95 Private rented housing panel: disqualification from membership
- 96 Delegation of certain functions
- 97 Scottish Housing Regulator: transfer of assets following inquiries
- 98 Registered social landlord becoming a subsidiary of another body
- 99 Repeal of defective designation provisions
- PART 8 General
- 100 Interpretation
- 101 Subordinate legislation
- 102 Ancillary provision
- 103 Minor and consequential amendments
- 104 Commencement
- 105 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 Transfer of jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal
- PART 1 Regulated tenancies, Part VII contracts and assured tenancies
- Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.58)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43)
- PART 2 Repairing standard
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1)
- PART 3 Right to adapt rented houses
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1)
- PART 4 Landlord registration
- Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8)
- SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c.65)
- Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.59)
- Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.58)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.26)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43)
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42)
- Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28)
- Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39)
- Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)
- Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11)
- Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13)
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2)
- Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11)
- Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1)
- Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17)
- Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8)
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