Explanatory Notes

Housing (Scotland) Act 2025

2025 asp 13

6 November 2025

Crown Application

Part 4 – Other Matters Relating to Tenants

Registration of letting agents etc.

Section 42 - Note on register where entry refused or removed: duration

118.Section 42 of the 2014 Act requires the Scottish Ministers to note in the register of letting agents if a person’s entry in it or a renewal of the person’s entry has been refused, and if a person has been removed from the register. Section 42 of the 2025 Act amends section 42 of the 2014 Act so that any such note must remain on the register for 3 years (instead of 12 months).