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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016 and comes into force on 23rd December 2016.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the schedule) is specified in column 3 of the schedule.
3.—(1) Despite the commencement of section 44 (offence of operating as a letting agent without registration) of the Act, it is not an offence under subsection (1) of that section for a person who is not a registered letting agent to carry out letting agency work if—
(a)the person has, before 31st September 2018, made an application under section 30 of the Act, to be entered in the register; and
(b)the application has not yet been finally determined.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), an application is finally determined when—
(a)the applicant is entered in the register;
(b)it is withdrawn; or
(c)it is refused and either—
(i)the time limit for appeal against refusal expires without an appeal having been made; or
(ii)an appeal against refusal is dismissed or abandoned.
KEVIN STEWART
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th December 2016
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