27 RepairsS
(1)Schedule 4, which makes provision about the landlord’s obligations to repair a house let under a Scottish secure tenancy, has effect.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may [F1by regulations make provision for or in connection with] entitling a tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy whose landlord is a landlord specified in the regulations to have qualifying repairs carried out to the house which is the subject of the tenancy.
(3)[F2Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision for or in connection with—]
(a)the maximum amount payable in respect of any single qualifying repair,
[F3(aa)the period within which an inspection of the house is to take place to determine whether a qualifying repair is required,
(ab)the period within which a qualifying repair is to be commenced,]
(b)the period within which a qualifying repair is to be completed, F4...
(c)the repairs which are qualifying repairs for the purposes of this section,
[F5(d)compensation payable in relation to a failure to comply with a requirement imposed by the regulations,
(e)any review or appeal in relation to a failure to comply with a requirement imposed by the regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 27(2) substituted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(a), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F2Words in s. 27(3) substituted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(i), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F3S. 27(3)(aa)(ab) inserted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(ii), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F4Word in s. 27(3) repealed (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(iii), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F5S. 27(3)(d)(e) inserted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(iv), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 27 wholly in force at 30.9.2002, see s. 113(1)(2) and S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)