{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenants-rights-etc-scotland-act-1980/section-65",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/52",
  "legislation_title": "Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenants-rights-etc-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/65",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "Increases in penalties for offences relating to houses in multiple occupation.",
  "text": "(1) The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 shall be amended as follows—\n(a) In section 100(3) for “ten pounds” substitute “ fifty pounds ”;\n(b) in section 102(3) for “ten pounds” substitute “ fifty pounds ”;\n(c) in section 103(4) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “ to a fine not exceeding £200 ”;\n(d) in section 110(1)(b) leave out the words from the second “or” to the end of the paragraph;\n(e) in section 111(5) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “ to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds ”;\n(f) in section 112(5) for “twenty pounds” substitute “ fifty pounds ”;\n(g) in section 185(2) after “offence”, insert “ and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200 ”\n(2) Schedule 7C to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 shall be amended by deleting from the first column of the entry relating to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 the words from “where” to the end of the column.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 39, 41(4), 49(1), 65, Sch. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/52/section/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:09.842972+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."
}