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 64H(1) to make a category 2 change 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 was received, give the tenant notice that the landlord—
(a)consents to the tenant making the category 2 change to 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 64N).
(5)If notice is not given in accordance with subsection (2), the landlord is deemed to have refused consent.]