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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2025" Number="0013">Housing (Scotland) Act 2025</Citation>
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<Number>13</Number>
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<DateText>6 November 2025</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00197" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/13/section/66" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-66">Section 66</CitationSubRef> - Removal from register following application</Title>
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<Text>This section inserts new section 8A into the 2011 Act to make provision to allow for a registered property factor to apply to be removed from the register. The Scottish Ministers must remove a property factor from the register if they are satisfied that the property factor is no longer carrying out activities as such and it is appropriate to remove the property factor from the register.</Text>
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