The Private Residential Tenancies (Information for Tenants) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision in relation to the information to be given by a landlord to a tenant in respect of a private residential tenancy under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (“the Act”).

Section 10(1) of the Act requires the landlord under a private residential tenancy to provide the tenant with a document which sets out all the written terms of the tenancy. Regulation 2 sets out how a landlord must perform the duty to provide the tenant with written terms of the tenancy.

Regulation 3 specifies the information which the landlord must provide the tenant for the purposes of section 11(1) of the Act. Regulation 3 also sets out the deadline for doing so and the form in which the specified information is to be provided.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (“BRIA”) was undertaken in relation to the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill prior to its introduction to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government does not consider that these Regulations impose additional costs on landlords or tenants so no further BRIA has been prepared.