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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/letting-agent-code-of-practice-scotland-regulations-2016/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/letting-agent-code-of-practice-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Background",
  "text": "These measures strengthen regulation of the letting-agent industry in Scotland. Letting agents are important in ensuring the private rented sector is professional and well managed, and they help to provide the good-quality homes our communities need. The Code reflects much of the existing good practice in the industry. It will help raise standards (where this is needed), and help build a more effective private rented sector that meets the needs of tenants, landlords and letting agents.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 in force at 31.1.2018, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/133/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:26.828315+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."
}