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Section 32P Fit and proper person: Level 1 disclosureF1F4

Scotland

(1)

A local authority may, in deciding under this Part if a person is a fit and proper person, require the person in respect of whom the decision is being made to provide the local authority with a F2Level 1 disclosure (within the meaning of section 1 of the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020).

(2)

A local authority may require a F3Level 1 disclosure to be provided under subsection (1) only if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information provided under this Part in relation to material falling within section 32O(2) is, or has become, inaccurate.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 32P inserted (S.) (1.5.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 72, 104(3); S.S.I. 2016/412, art. 2, sch.

F2

Words in s. 32P(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 1(a) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F3

Words in s. 32P(2) substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 1(b) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

F4

S. 32P heading substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 1(c) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.

Notes on Part 1A

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 1A heading inserted (S.) (20.11.2014 for the purposes of ss. 32B-32I, 32N, 32Y, 1.5.2017 for remaining purposes) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 63(2), 104(3); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2016/412, art. 2, sch.

Modifications

C1

Pt. 1A excluded (S.) (1.5.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 83(3), 104(3); S.S.I. 2016/412, art. 2, sch.

Notes on Fit and proper persons

Textual amendments

F1

S. 32O and cross-heading inserted (S.) (1.5.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 71, 104(3); S.S.I. 2016/412, art. 2, sch.