Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Private Residential Tenancies (Information for Tenants) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st December 2017.
2
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016; and
“electronic document” means a document created and stored in an electronic form.
Performing the duty to provide written terms of tenancy2
1
Where a duty arises by virtue of section 10(1) of the Act (duty to provide written terms of tenancy) the landlord must provide the tenant with—
a
a paper document; or
b
an electronic document.
2
A document under paragraph (1) may be in the form of—
a
the Model Private Residential Tenancy Agreement for a private residential tenancy2; or
b
a tenancy agreement drafted by the landlord.
Duty to provide specified information3
1
For the purposes of section 11(1)(a) of the Act (duty to provide specified information), the person who is, or is to be, the landlord under a private residential tenancy must provide the person who is, or is to be, the tenant with—
a
b
where the written terms of the tenancy are in the form of a tenancy agreement drafted by the landlord, the Private Residential Tenancy Statutory Terms Supporting Notes5.
2
For the purposes of section 11(1)(b) of the Act, the deadline by which the person who is, or is to be, the landlord under a private residential tenancy must provide the person who is, or is to be, the tenant with the information specified in paragraph (1) is—
a
before the end of the day on which the tenancy commences, if the tenancy is a private residential tenancy; or
b
before the end of the day falling 28 days after the day on which the tenancy became a private residential tenancy, if it became one after the day on which the tenancy commenced.
3
Where a duty arises by virtue of section 11(1) of the Act, the information provided under paragraph (1) by the landlord to the tenant must be in the form of—
a
a paper document; or
b
an electronic document.