1. These Regulations may be cited as the Private Rented Housing Panel (Applications and Determinations) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 3rd September 2007.
2.—(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006;
“the Committee” means a Private Rented Housing Committee;
“the landlord’s duty” means the duty imposed by section 14(1) of the Act;
“the Panel” means the Private Rented Housing Panel;
“working day” has the same meaning as in section 187 of the Act;
where any formal communication requires to be served upon the parties, “the landlord” means the landlord or his or her authorised representative, if one has been nominated, and “the tenant” means the tenant or his or her authorised representative, if one has been nominated.
(2) A provision of these Regulations which provides for the sending of formal communications by the Panel or the Committee shall be read so that formal communications can be sent on behalf of the Panel or the Committee by an officer of the Panel appointed in accordance with Schedule 4 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984(1).