Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 5A inserted (1.4.2026 for the purpose of inserting ss. 64B(1)(3), 64C(3), 64E, 64F, 64G, 64I(1)(3), 64J(3), 64L, 64M, 64N, and 64O to enable the Scottish Ministers to consult or make regulations) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 35(2), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1
(1)A request by a tenant for the landlord’s consent under section 64A(1) to keep a pet must—
(a)be in writing, and
(b)fulfil any other requirements prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations.
(2)The landlord must, within a period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the request is received, give the tenant notice that the landlord—
(a)consents to the tenant keeping the pet at the let property with or without conditions, or
(b)refuses to consent to this.
(3)The landlord’s notice must—
(a)specify any such conditions,
(b)give reasons for any refusal of consent,
(c)be in writing, and
(d)fulfil any other requirements prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations.
(4)Any conditions specified in the landlord’s notice must be reasonable (see also section 64F).
(5)If notice is not given in accordance with subsection (2), the landlord is to be deemed to have refused consent.]