{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allotments-compensation-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allotments-compensation-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Allotments (Compensation) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/allotments-compensation-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Deterioration notice",
  "text": "(1) The deterioration notice must be—\n(a) in writing; and\n(b) signed by the authority.\n(2) The deterioration notice must include or be accompanied by the following information and evidence:—\n(a) the tenant’s full name;\n(b) the tenant’s address;\n(c) the allotment site and the location of the allotment which is the subject of the lease within the site;\n(d) the date of the inspection mentioned in regulation 5(a);\n(e) the date of expiry or termination of the lease;\n(f) the reasons it appears to the authority that—\n(i) the allotment has deteriorated during the tenant’s lease; and\n(ii) the deterioration was caused by the fault or negligence of the tenant;\n(g) a description of the deterioration of the allotment which it appears to the authority has taken place during the tenant’s lease;\n(h) the cost of remedying the deterioration;\n(i) photographs, receipts, quotations or other evidence as to the matters mentioned in sub-paragraphs (f), (g) and (h);\n(j) a statement of the amount of compensation which the tenant is liable to pay under section 134(2) of the Act, based on the matters mentioned in paragraph (3); and\n(k) particulars of the tenant’s right to make representations under regulation 7.\n(3) The matters mentioned in this paragraph are—\n(a) the particulars mentioned in paragraph (2)(h) and (i); or\n(b) where the lease makes provision about the procedure to be followed in assessing the amount of compensation for which the tenant is liable, that procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/457/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:14:50.744561+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}