The Private Landlord Registration (Advice and Assistance) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Advice and Assistance – tenants

4.—(1) Where a local authority makes a decision to–

(a) refuse an application for registration of a landlord under section 84(2)(b) of the 2004 Act;

(b) remove a landlord from the register in terms of section 89(1) of the 2004 Act;

(c) serve a notice that no rent is payable in terms of section 94(1) of the 2004 Act,

it shall provide advice and assistance in relation to the relevant action referred to in (a) to (c) to the occupants of each house, as the case may be, that is–

(i) specified in the landlord’s application for registration under section 83 of the 2004 Act;

(ii) immediately before the removal, entered in the landlord’s entry in the register; or

(iii) specified in the notice which has been or is to be served.

(2) The advice and assistance to be given in terms of paragraph (1) shall include–

(a) information on the general position of tenants or occupants where a landlord decides to terminate a lease or occupancy arrangement other than under a Scottish secure tenancy or short Scottish secure tenancy;

(b) advice on sources of individual advice and assistance including money advice and benefits advice should the landlord decide to terminate the tenancy or occupancy agreement;

(c) details of the assistance that could be available from a local authority in terms of homelessness legislation and of how to seek such assistance.

(3) The advice and assistance to be given in terms of paragraph (1) shall be provided as soon as practicable after the relevant decision specified in paragraph (1) has been taken.