The Private Landlord Registration (Information and Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Private Landlord Registration (Information and Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 31st January 2006.

Amendment of the Private Landlord Registration (Information and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2.—(1) The Private Landlord Registration (Information and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2005(1) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) At the end of regulation 1(2) insert–

“and “HMO licence” means a licence issued under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 2000(2)”.

(3) In Schedule 2–

(a) for paragraph 1(a) substitute “in all cases, starting with a principal fee of £55;”;

(b) omit paragraph 2;

(c) in paragraph 3 for “declared” substitute “specified”;

(d) in paragraph 4–

(i) after “2004 Act” insert–

“unless it is a house that is included in–

(a) a current HMO licence; or

(b) a current accreditation held by the applicant, where the accreditation is through a scheme approved by the local authority which includes an assessment of whether the applicant is fit and proper to be letting houses”; and

(ii) at the end insert:

“Where the applicant has specified another person under section 83(1)(c) of the 2004 Act and that person is not registered or has not made a valid application to be registered under section 83 of the 2004 Act

100% of the principal fee”

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th January 2006