The Antisocial Behaviour Notice (Landlord Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Antisocial Behaviour Notice (Landlord Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 31st March 2006.

(2) In these Regulations “the 2004 Act” means the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004.

(3) A reference in these Regulations to an antisocial behaviour notice is a reference to the relevant antisocial behaviour notice served on a landlord under section 68(1) of the 2004 Act.

Landlord Liability for Expenditure of Local Authority

2.—(1) A landlord who is subject to an antisocial behaviour notice shall be liable for the expenditure of a local authority prescribed in paragraph (2) in the following circumstances:

(a) the local authority has given the landlord and any person to whom a copy of the antisocial behaviour notice has been given in terms of section 68(4) of the 2004 Act, notice in writing of the intention of that local authority to take such steps as it considers necessary under section 78(2) of the 2004 Act;

(b) that notice contains a statement that the local authority will seek to recover the expenditure from the landlord; and

(c) that notice contains an estimate by the local authority of the expenditure in relation to the steps it considers necessary as referred to in paragraph (1)(a) above which it will seek to recover.

(2) The expenditure referred to in paragraph (1) is:

(a) payments made by the local authority to other persons for services which either deal with the antisocial behaviour specified in the antisocial behaviour notice or contribute to dealing with that behaviour;

(b) costs incurred by the local authority which are directly associated with dealing with the antisocial behaviour specified in the antisocial behaviour notice including appropriate costs of staff and relevant overheads.

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

9th November 2005