Section 27 RepairsI1

Scotland

(1)

Schedule 4, which makes provision about the landlord’s obligations to repair a house let under a Scottish secure tenancy, has effect.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers may F1by regulations make provision for or in connection with entitling a tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy whose landlord is a landlord specified in the regulations to have qualifying repairs carried out to the house which is the subject of the tenancy.

(3)

F2Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision for or in connection with—

(a)

the maximum amount payable in respect of any single qualifying repair,

F3(aa)

the period within which an inspection of the house is to take place to determine whether a qualifying repair is required,

(ab)

the period within which a qualifying repair is to be commenced,

(b)

the period within which a qualifying repair is to be completed, F4...

(c)

the repairs which are qualifying repairs for the purposes of this section,

F5(d)

compensation payable in relation to a failure to comply with a requirement imposed by the regulations,

(e)

any review or appeal in relation to a failure to comply with a requirement imposed by the regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 27(2) substituted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(a), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F2: Words in s. 27(3) substituted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(i), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F3: S. 27(3)(aa)(ab) inserted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(ii), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F4: Word in s. 27(3) repealed (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(iii), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)
F5: S. 27(3)(d)(e) inserted (6.12.2025) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 46(2)(b)(iv), 86(2); S.S.I. 2025/355, reg. 2(a)

Commencement

I1: S. 27 wholly in force at 30.9.2002, see s. 113(1)(2) and S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act modified (temp.) (28.10.2022) by Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 10), s. 13(1), sch. 1 para. 3 (with ss. 1(2), 6, 7, 8) (which affecting provision is continued until 31.3.2024 by The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Amendment of Expiry Dates and Rent Cap Modification) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/82), regs. 1(3), 2(2)) (as amended (27.9.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/275, reg. 2(2))