# Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011, Section 26: Offences

Status: prospective

(1) A landlord commits an offence if the landlord fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement or condition contained in an overcrowding statutory notice within the period (if any) specified for completion.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/14/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-rented-housing-scotland-act-2011/section-26
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