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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/8/section/14A</dc:identifier><dc:title>Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011</dc:title><dc:description>An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a register of property factors and require property factors to be registered; to make provision in relation to the resolution of disputes between homeowners and property factors; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-29</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-04-01</dct:valid>
					
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CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">The Scottish Ministers may, for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the provisions of this Part, serve a notice on a person who appears to be a property factor requiring the person to provide them with information specified in the notice.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/8/section/14A/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/8/section/14A/2" id="section-14A-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec-1777452473890" CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec-1777452473890" CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about the requiring of information under subsection (1) and, in particular, may make provision about—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/8/section/14A/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/8/section/14A/2/a" id="section-14A-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec-1777452473890" CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec-1777452473890" CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">the form of the notice and the manner of service,</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/8/section/14A/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/8/section/14A/2/b" id="section-14A-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec-1777452473890" CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec-1777452473890" CommentaryRef="key-aebab51deac20cfea32c5a3935f908ec">the 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