[F18ARemoval from register following applicationS
(1)A registered property factor may apply to the Scottish Ministers to be removed from the register.
(2)The application must be accompanied by a fee of such amount (if any) as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must remove a registered property factor from the register if, having considered an application under this section, they are satisfied that—
(a)the registered property factor is no longer carrying out the activities of a property factor, and
(b)it is otherwise appropriate to remove that property factor from the register.
(4)The Scottish Ministers must (if possible), as soon as practicable after making their decision under this section, notify the property factor who made the application of—
(a)their decision, and
(b)either—
(i)in the case of a decision to remove the property factor from the register, the date of removal from the register,
(ii)in the case of a decision not to remove the property factor from the register, their reasons for that decision.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 8A inserted (1.4.2026) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 66(2), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1