Housing (Scotland) Act 2006

67 Adaptations: power to change method of appeal

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—

(a) disapply section 64(6), and

(b) provide that appeals against landlord’s decisions of the type mentioned in that provision may be made to the private rented housing panel instead of to the sheriff.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular—

(a) permit the president of the private rented housing panel to refer an appeal against such a decision to a private rented housing committee for determination,

(b) require the panel or, as the case may be, the committee determining such an appeal to have regard to—

(i) where the appeal relates to an application made for the purposes of section 52(2)(a), any code of practice issued by the Disability Rights Commission which relates to section 52 or 53, and

(ii) such other matters as may be specified in the regulations,

(c) provide that the determination of the panel or, as the case may be, the committee on such an appeal may be appealed to the sheriff,

(d) make provision about the payment of allowances and expenses in respect of such an appeal,

(e) make such further provision about the procedure relating to such an appeal or to an appeal to the sheriff of the type mentioned in paragraph (c) as the Scottish Ministers think fit.