Part 1

Registration of property factors

Property factor registered numbers

Property factor registered numbers
13
1
The Scottish Ministers must allocate a number to each registered property factor (the “property factor registered number”).
2
The property factor registered number may be in such form, consisting of one or more sequences of letters or numbers, as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
3
A registered property factor must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the property factor registered number is included in—
a
any document sent to a homeowner,
b
any other document or communication of such type as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify.
4
Any person other than a registered property factor who, without reasonable excuse, uses a number purporting to be a property factor registered number in any document or communication commits an offence.
5
Subsection (4) does not apply to a person who has been removed from the register under section 8(1) until—
a
the period within which any appeal under section 11(2) in relation to the removal may be made expires (without such an appeal being made), or
b
any such appeal is concluded.
6
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
7
For the purposes of subsection (5)(b), an appeal is concluded only when––
a
the period within which an appeal under section 11(9) may be made has expired without such an appeal being made, or
b
any such appeal has been concluded.
S. 13 in force at 23.9.2011 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2011/328, art. 2, sch.