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The Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2011

S.S.I. 2011/328 · Made 8 September 2011

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Property Factors

Made 8th September 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 12th September 2011

Coming into force 23rd September 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2) and (4) of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

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Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2011 and comes into force on 23rd September 2011.

2Appointed day

(1)

The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) is 23rd September 2011.

(2)

Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to any provision, that provision comes into force on 23rd September 2011 for that purpose only.

Signature

KEITH BROWN

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th September 2011

Column 1

Provisions of the Act

Column 2

Subject Matter

Column 3

Purpose
Section 1(3)Register of property factors
Section 2Meaning of “property factor”
Section 3Application for registrationOnly for the purpose of enabling determinations of fees and regulations to be made.
Section 7Duty of responsible person to provide informationOnly for the purpose of enabling determinations of fees and regulations to be made.
Section 10(5)Section 9: interpretation etc.
Section 13Property factor registered numbersOnly for the purpose of enabling orders to be made.
Section 14Code of conduct
Section 15Service of notices etc.
Section 25Power to make further provision about applications etc.
Section 26Recovery of costs from property factors in relation to certain applications and orders.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 23rd September 2011, sections 1(3), 2, 10(5), 14, 15, 25 and 26 of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) for all purposes and sections 3, 7 and 13 of the Act for the limited purposes of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make, or to make provision by means of subordinate legislation.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 7th April 2011. Part 3 of the Act came into force on 8th April 2011. The Act (except Part 3) comes into force on 1st October 2012 to the extent it is not already in force.