PART 3

REGULATION OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 2

LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT

Inspections
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1
The Scottish Ministers may appoint a person to carry out an inspection of the exercise of the functions of a local authority in relation to the provision of housing accommodation and related services.
2
A person appointed to carry out an inspection under subsection (1) (an “inspector”) has a right of access at all reasonable times to—
a
any premises of the local authority, and
b
any document relating to the authority which appears to the inspector to be necessary for the purposes of the inspection.
3
An inspector may—
a
require a person holding or accountable for any such document to provide the inspector with such information and explanation as the inspector thinks necessary,
b
require that person to attend before the inspector in person to give the information or explanation or to produce the document.
4
The local authority must provide an inspector with every facility and all information which the inspector may reasonably require for the purposes of the inspection.
5
An inspector must, if so required, produce written authorisation for the carrying out of the inspection.
6
A person who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement of an inspector under this section is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.