Ss. 31A-31D and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2026 for the insertion of ss. 31B, 31C, 31D to enable the Scottish Ministers to consult or make regulations; otherwise prosp.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 36(2), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31CHousing (Scotland) Act 2001Housing (Scotland) Act 20012001-07-26texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-17Expert Participation2026-04-01Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 5(5A)Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003s. 5(4)(c)s. 14(1)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001sch. 6 para. 5A and cross-headingHomelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003s. 5(5)s. 14(1)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 34(7A)-(7C)Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003s. 6(2)s. 14(1)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 34(8)(b) and wordsHomelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003s. 6(3)(b)s. 14(1)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 16AHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 29(2)s. 86(2)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 36AHousing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 29(3)s. 86(2)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 40(1A)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 50(2)(b)s. 86(2)reg. 2(2)(5)sch. Pt. 2Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 40(3)(4)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 50(2)(c)s. 86(2)reg. 2(2)(5)sch. Pt. 2Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 89(2)(da)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 54(2)s. 86(2)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 14A(6A)Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 56(2)(a)s. 86(2)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001Pt. 2 Ch. 4Housing (Scotland) Act 2025s. 57(2)s. 86(2)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 14(1)(a)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(2)(a)(i)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 14(1)(b)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(2)(a)(ii)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 14(1A)(1B)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(2)(b)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 14(5C)-(5E)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(2)(e)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 16(2)(d)(e)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(3)(b)(ii)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 16(3ZA)(3ZB)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(3)(c)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 16(5C)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(3)(e)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 16(7)-(10)Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(3)(f)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001sch. 2 para. 15ADomestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021s. 22(4)s. 24(2)reg. 2(b)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 89(12)Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 18(3)s. 20(2)Housing (Scotland) Act 2001s. 14(6)(aa)The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Regulations 2026reg. 5reg. 1PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDSCHAPTER 1 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIESKeeping pets
31CPower to make provision about when it is reasonable to refuse consent to keep a pet(1)

For the purpose of paragraph 8C(c) of schedule 5, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about when it is reasonable for a landlord to refuse to consent to a tenant keeping a pet at a house.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular specify—

(a)

circumstances in which it is or is not reasonable to refuse such consent,

(b)

factors that tend to show that the refusal of such consent is or is not reasonable.