Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 430 (C. 58)
Housing
The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5 and Consequential Provision) Order 2015
Made
15th December 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
17th December 2015
Coming into force
2nd February 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102 and 104(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5 and Consequential Provision) Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd February 2016.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.
Appointed day
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 2nd February 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of Schedule 1).
(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of Schedule 1, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.
Consequential provision
3.—(1) The Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 (specified documents) after paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)a copy of any electrical safety record that requires to be given to the tenant in accordance with section 19A(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(3);”.
(3) In article 4(1) for “or (c)” substitute “, (c) or (ca)”.
(4) For the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2.
M J BURGESS
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
15th December 2015
Article 2
SCHEDULE 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provisions of the Act | Subject-matter | Purpose |
| Section 29(2)(b) | Power to prescribe information to be contained in an entry in the register of letting agents | The purpose of making regulations |
| Section 30(2)(f) | Power to prescribe additional information to be included in an application for registration | The purpose of making regulations |
| Section 32(2)(c) | Power to prescribe training requirements for letting agents | The purpose of making regulations |
| Section 52(2) | Power to make further provision about the requiring of information under section 52(1) |
Article 3(4)
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2
“SCHEDULETENANT INFORMATION PACK
”
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force various provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”).
Article 2 and Schedule 1 appoint 2nd February 2016 for the coming into force of sections 29(2)(b), 30(2)(f), 32(2)(c) and 52(2) of the Act, for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made (which is the sole purpose of section 52(2)).
Article 3 amends the Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013 in consequence of sections 22 (carbon monoxide alarms), 23 (electrical safety inspections) and 25 (third party application in respect of the repairing standard) of the Act.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
| Provision of the Act | Date of commencement | S.S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(1) | 1st August 2016 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 1(2) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/164 |
| Section 1(3) (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 1(3) (remainder) | 1st July 2017 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 2 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 4(2) (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 6(2) (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 7(1)(b) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 14(1) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 20 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 22 | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 23(1) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 23 (remainder) | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 24 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 25(1)(a)(partially), (1)(b) to (e) and (2) to (11) | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/349 |
| Section 25(1)(a)(partially) | 1st April 2016 | S.S.I. 2015/349 |
| Section 25(1)(a)(remainder) | 1st June 2016 | S.S.I. 2015/349 |
| Section 26(7) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Sections 26 (remainder) and 27 | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 28 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Sections 46 and 61 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 62 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Sections 64 and 65 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 70 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 77 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 82 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 85(3) and (4) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 85 (remainder) | 1st April 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/122 |
| Section 86(1) (partially) | 13th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 86(2) (partially) | 13th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 86 (remainder) | 16th December 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Sections 87 and 88 | 1st April 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/122 |
| Section 89 | 13th July 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Sections 90 to 92 | 1st April 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/122 |
| Sections 94 to 96 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 97 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 97 (remainder) | 31st August 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 98 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 103 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 103 (partially) | 1st August 2016 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Schedule 2 (partially) | 1st August 2016 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
S.S.I. 2013/20, amended by S.S.I. 2013/90.
2006 asp 1; Section 19A was inserted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014, section 23(2).