Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011

1. Introduction

2. The Act

3. Structure and Summary of the Act

   1. Part 1 – Registration of Private Landlords

      1. Sections 1 and 2 – Fit and proper person

      2. Section 3 – Landlord registration number

      3. Section 4 – Appointment of agents

      4. Section 5 – Access to register: additional information

      5. Section 6 – Duty to include certain information in advertisements

      6. Sections 7 and 8 – Penalties for unregistered landlords

      7. Section 9 – Power to obtain information

      8. Section 10 – Part 8 of the 2004 Act: Guidance

      9. Section 11 – Private Rented Housing Panel: information to be given to a local authority

   2. Part 2 - Houses in Multiple Occupation

      1. Section 13 – Amendment of HMO licensing regime

      2. Section 14 - Penalties for certain HMO offences

      3. Section 15 – Statement of reasons for decisions

      4. Section 16 - Guidance

   3. Part 3 – Overcrowding Statutory Notices

      1. Section 17 – Overcrowding statutory notice

      2. Section 18 – Matters to be considered prior to service of an overcrowding statutory notice

      3. Section 19 – Information and advice for occupiers

      4. Sections 20 to 26 and 28 – Overcrowding: further provisions

      5. Section 27 – Power to obtain information

      6. Section 29 – Guidance

      7. Section 30 – Reports

   4. Part 4 – Miscellaneous

      1. Section 32 - Premiums

      2. Section 33 - Tenant information packs

      3. Section 34 - Notices required for termination of a short assured tenancy

      4. Section 35 - Landlord applications to the private rented housing panel

      5. Sections 36 and 37 - Long leases and heritable securities

   5. Part 5 – General

      1. Section 38 - Interpretation

      2. Section 39 - Ancillary provision

      3. Section 40 - Orders

      4. Section 41 - Short title and Commencement

4. Parliamentary History