Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 11 of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 provides for landlords (other than local authority landlords) and creditors in standard securities to notify local authorities of certain actions and proceedings.
Regulation 2 and Schedules 1 and 2 prescribe the forms of notice to the local authority to be used where a landlord raises proceedings for possession of a dwellinghouse or a creditor serves a calling up notice, or notice of default, applies to court for remedies on default of a standard security, or raises proceedings to eject a proprietor in personal occupancy of a house. Schedule 1 sets out the form for landlords who have raised proceedings for possession and Schedule 2 sets out the form for creditors who have taken various actions.
Regulation 3 provides for the notice to be sent by post or transmitted electronically to the local authority.