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The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5 and Consequential Provision) Order 2015

S.S.I. 2015/430 · Made 15 December 2015

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Housing

Made 15th December 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 17th December 2015

Coming into force 2nd February 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102 and 104(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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Footnotes

f1

2014 asp 14.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. 3Consequential provision
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  6. Schedule 2Schedule 2
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5 and Consequential Provision) Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd February 2016.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.

2Appointed day

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), 2nd February 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of Schedule 1).

(2)

Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of Schedule 1, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.

3Consequential provision

(1)

The Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 2 (specified documents) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca)

a copy of any electrical safety record that requires to be given to the tenant in accordance with section 19A(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006f2;”.

(3)

In article 4(1) for “or (c)” substitute “, (c) or (ca)”.

(4)

For the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2.

Signature

M J BURGESS

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th December 2015

Schedule 1

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Provisions of the ActSubject-matterPurpose
Section 29(2)(b)Power to prescribe information to be contained in an entry in the register of letting agentsThe purpose of making regulations
Section 30(2)(f)Power to prescribe additional information to be included in an application for registrationThe purpose of making regulations
Section 32(2)(c)Power to prescribe training requirements for letting agentsThe purpose of making regulations
Section 52(2)Power to make further provision about the requiring of information under section 52(1)

Schedule 2

“SCHEDULE

TENANT INFORMATION PACK

Article 2”

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force various provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”).

Article 2 and Schedule 1 appoint 2nd February 2016 for the coming into force of sections 29(2)(b), 30(2)(f), 32(2)(c) and 52(2) of the Act, for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made (which is the sole purpose of section 52(2)).

Article 3 amends the Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013 in consequence of sections 22 (carbon monoxide alarms), 23 (electrical safety inspections) and 25 (third party application in respect of the repairing standard) of the Act.