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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-letting-agent-code-of-practice-scotland-regulations-2016/schedule/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111030912",
  "legislation_title": "The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Terms of business",
  "text": "If you know that a client is not meeting their legal obligations as a landlord and is refusing or unreasonably delaying complying with the law, you must not act on their behalf. In these circumstances, you must inform the appropriate authorities, such as the local authority, that the landlord is failing to meet their obligations.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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