PART 4Letting agents

Monitoring of compliance

52Power to obtain information

1

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 letting agent requiring the person to provide them with information specified in the notice.

2

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about the requiring of information under subsection (1) and, in particular, may make provision about—

a

the form of the notice and manner of service,

b

the time within which information must be provided.

3

Nothing in this section authorises the Scottish Ministers to require the disclosure of any information if such disclosure would make the person holding it susceptible under any enactment or rule of law to any sanction or other remedy.