{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-68.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/68",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Sub-standard houses",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part, a house is sub-standard if it—\n(a) does not meet the tolerable standard,\n(b) is in a state of serious disrepair, or\n(c) is in need of repair and, if nothing is done to repair it, is likely to—\n(i) deteriorate rapidly into a state of serious disrepair, or\n(ii) damage any other premises.\n(2) The—\n(a) age,\n(b) character,\n(c) location, and\n(d) internal decorative repair,\nof a house are to be ignored when considering whether it is sub-standard.\n(3) A house which does not meet the tolerable standard is, for the purposes of this Part, to be treated as not being in a reasonable state of repair.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 68 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/122, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/section/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:19.148871+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."
}