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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/20/article/5</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">HOUSING</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-20</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2016-12-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order makes provision in relation to the duty of persons who are to be landlords under assured tenancies to provide the person who is to be the tenant with prescribed documents.</dc:description>
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<P2para><Text>Subject to paragraph (2), the landlord must, when providing the Tenant Information Pack, request a signed acknowledgement from the tenant that it has been provided.</Text>
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<Text>Where the tenant has been provided with the Tenant Information Pack by electronic communication by virtue of article 3(4)(b), the landlord may request that its receipt be acknowledged by electronic communication.</Text>
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