{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/26",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Offence by landlord not to inform prospective tenant of permitted number of occupants.",
  "text": "(1) The landlord of a house is guilty of an offence if he lets or agrees to let it to any person without—\n(a) giving that person a written statement in the prescribed form of the permitted number of persons in relation to the house, and\n(b) obtaining from that person a written acknowledgement in the prescribed form, and\n(c) exhibiting the acknowledgement to the local authority on demand by them.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(3) A written statement given under subsection (1)(a) shall be treated as being sufficient and correct if it agrees with information given by the local authority under section 148.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/26/section/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:37.661692+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."
}