Part 6

Other housing matters

Property factors

Removal from register following application
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1
The Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 is modified as follows.
2
After section 8 insert—

Removal from register following application
8A
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.
.
3
In section 9 (effect of refusal to enter in register or removal from register)—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
the word “or” immediately following paragraph (b) is repealed,
ii
after paragraph (c) insert
, or
d
remove a property factor from the register under section 8A(3).
,
b
in subsection (3)(a), for “(1)(a), (b), or as the case may be, (c)” substitute “(1)”.