{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/section-31C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/section-31C.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/10",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/31C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31C",
  "heading": "Power to make provision about when it is reasonable to refuse consent to keep a pet",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of paragraph 8C(c) of schedule 5, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about when it is reasonable for a landlord to refuse to consent to a tenant keeping a pet at a house.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular specify—\n(a) circumstances in which it is or is not reasonable to refuse such consent,\n(b) factors that tend to show that the refusal of such consent is or is not reasonable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 31A-31D and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2026 for the insertion of ss. 31B, 31C, 31D to enable the Scottish Ministers to consult or make regulations; otherwise prosp.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 36(2), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/31C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:14.316341+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."
}