# The Enhanced Enforcement Areas Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 2: Local authority which may apply for approval


A local authority may apply to the Scottish Ministers for an area to be designated as an EEA where it considers that the area is characterised by—
(a) an overprovision or a concentration of private rented housing that appears to the local authority to be—
(i) of a poor environmental standard;
(ii) overcrowded; and
(b) a prevalence of antisocial behaviour, as defined by section 81(4) of the 2004 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2015/9780111027486/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enhanced-enforcement-areas-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-2
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