Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1)

Part 3 S Provision of information on sale of house

Valid from 01/12/2008

Responsibility for marketing houses S

106 Responsibility for marketing: general S

(1) Only the seller or a person acting as agent for the seller may be responsible for marketing the house.

(2) A seller is not so responsible if any person is acting as agent for the seller.

(3) But a seller who—

(a) is not responsible because of subsection (2), and

(b) reasonably believes that the person acting as agent for the seller possesses the prescribed documents,

must take reasonable steps to inform a potential buyer that a request under section 99(1) should be made to the person acting as agent.

(4) A person may be responsible for marketing the house on more than one occasion.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 106 in force at 1.12.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/308, art. 3 (with art. 4)