UK Act of Parliament 1988 c. 43 United Kingdom

Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 5 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

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What it requires

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s.019 Requirement to notify local authority of proceedings for possession Regulated
  • Notify local authority when starting possession proceedingsLandlord
s.022 Payment of removal expenses in certain cases. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Pay tenant's removal expenses when possession order on Ground 6 or 9Landlord
s.030 Duty of landlord under assured tenancy to provide written tenancy document and weekly rent book. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide written tenancy document and, if rent is weekly, a rent bookLandlord
s.030 Duty of landlord to provide certain information Regulated
  • Provide standard tenancy documents to the tenant before the tenancy startsLandlord
s.048 First-tier Tribunal: procedure and information powers (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to provide information requested by First-tier TribunalDirector or Officer

Fine up to £1,000

88 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.011 A tenancy granted, for a term of less than 6...
s.023 Rent cap controls
s.024 Consideration of notice to increase rent by rent officer
s.024 Right of appeal to First-tier Tribunal against order of rent officer
s.024 First-tier Tribunal’s power to set rent subject to permitted rate
s.024 Withdrawal of referral or appeal
s.024 Landlord application to rent officer to increase rent above permitted rate
s.024 Rent officer’s power to apply rent increase above permitted rate
s.024 Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal
s.024 Withdrawal or dismissal of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal
s.024 Finality of First-tier Tribunal’s decision
s.024 Powers to adjust maximum amount of increased costs by which rent may be increased
s.024 Liability for underpaid rent
s.025 Assured tenancies: transitional provisions
s.025 Determination of rent by the First-tier Tribunal where section 25A applies
s.025 Power to modify this Part
s.025 Determination of rent payable
s.025 Determination of open market rent
s.026 Discriminatory terms relating to children or benefits status
s.030 Duty of landlord to provide certain information: further provision
s.031 Succession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force
s.046 Change to private residential tenancy by agreement
s.048 Amounts attributable to services.
s.para.160 For the purposes of this Ground, the acceptance by the...
s.para.168 In this Ground, “the common parts” means any part of...
s.para.170 In this Ground “ anti-social ”, in relation to an...
s.para.173 For the purposes of this ground, at a time when...
Schedules

Schedules

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122 other schedules
s.sch001 Scottish Homes shall be a body corporate and shall have...
s.sch001 (1) Subject to paragraph 11 below, Scottish Homes may appoint...
s.sch001 (1) Scottish Homes shall, not later than such date as...
s.sch001 (1) Where a person becomes an employee of Scottish Homes...
s.sch001 (1) Any dispute as to whether an offer under sub-paragraph...
s.sch001 The quorum of Scottish Homes and the arrangements for its...
s.sch001 (1) A member who is directly or indirectly interested in...
s.sch001 The validity of any proceedings of Scottish Homes shall not...
s.sch001 (1) For and in connection with the discharge of its...
s.sch001 Scottish Homes shall be a public body for the purposes...
s.sch001 It shall not— (a) be regarded as a servant or...
s.sch001 (1) The members of Scottish Homes shall be—
s.sch001 (1) The members of Scottish Homes (other than the chief...
s.sch001 (1) The Secretary of State shall appoint one of the...
s.sch001 (1) The Secretary of State may pay the chairman, a...
s.sch001 The Secretary of State may . . . determine to...
s.sch001 The Secretary of State shall, after consultation with the chairman...
s.sch002 Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, for any...
s.sch002 In section 194 (grants payable to SSHA and development corporations)—...
s.sch002 Section 196 (advances to SSHA for provision or improvement of...
s.sch002 In section 202(7) (power of Secretary of State to reduce...
s.sch002 In section 216(1) (house loans to tenants exercising right to...
s.sch002 In section 276 (repurchase by authority other than local authority)...
s.sch002 In Schedule 12 (termination of exchequer payments) in paragraph 2,...
s.sch002 In section 1(1)— (a) after paragraph (j) there shall be...
s.sch002 In Schedule 2, the words “The Scottish Special Housing Association”...
s.sch002 In Schedule 2 (departments and authorities subject to investigation)—
s.sch002 In Schedule 1 (offices disqualifying for membership)—
s.sch002 In section 61(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “housing association”,...
s.sch002 In section 1(1) (meaning of “housing association” etc.) at the...
s.sch002 For section 23 (compulsory purchase of land by SSHA) there...
s.sch002 In section 61 (secure tenant’s right to purchase)—
s.sch004 A tenancy which is entered into before, or pursuant to...
s.sch004 A tenancy under which the interest of the landlord belongs...
s.sch004 A tenancy under which the interest of the landlord belongs...
s.sch004 A tenancy granted under arrangements for the provision of support...
s.sch004 A tenancy granted under arrangements for the provision of accommodation...
s.sch004 A tenancy under a shared ownership agreement within the meaning...
s.sch004 (1) A protected tenancy within the meaning of the Rent...
s.sch004 (1) A tenancy under which, at any time after this...
s.sch004 A tenancy to which the Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act...
s.sch004 A tenancy under which the house consists of or comprises...
s.sch004 (1) A tenancy under which agricultural land, exceeding two acres,...
s.sch004 A tenancy under which the house— (a) is on or...
s.sch004 (1) A tenancy which is granted to a person who...
s.sch004 A tenancy the purpose of which is to confer on...
s.sch004 (1) A tenancy in respect of which the following conditions...
s.sch005 For the purposes of Ground 9 above, a certificate of...
s.sch005 Where paragraph 8(1) above has effect in relation to a...
s.sch005 Where no such certificate as is mentioned in paragraph 1...
s.sch005 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 above, the relevant...
s.sch005 Accommodation shall not be deemed to be suitable to the...
s.sch005 Any document purporting to be a certificate of a local...
s.sch005 Local authorities, development corporations and Scottish Homes may, for the...
s.sch005 In this Part of this Schedule “local authority” means an...
s.sch005 (1) If, not later than the beginning of a tenancy...
s.sch005 Where paragraph 8(1) above has effect in relation to a...
s.sch005 The tenancy has devolved under the will or intestacy of...
s.sch005 The condition of the house or of any of the...
s.sch005 The tenant, a person residing or lodging in the house...
s.sch005 The house was let to the tenant in consequence of...
s.sch006 After Schedule 1 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 there...
s.sch006 In relation to the assured tenancy to which the person...
s.sch006 (1) In relation to the assured tenancy to which the...
s.sch007 In section 254 (exchequer contributions towards certain grants) in each...
s.sch007 In section 255 (exchequer contributions in respect of amenities) in...
s.sch007 In section 268 (notice of determination) in subsection (4) for...
s.sch007 In section 276 (repurchase by authority other than local authority),...
s.sch007 In section 281 (effect of repurchase on certain existing tenancies)...
s.sch007 In section 282 (grant of tenancy to former owner-occupier) in...
s.sch007 In section 283 (grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant)...
s.sch007 In section 285 (request for tenancy under sections 282 or...
s.sch007 In section 296 (contributions by Secretary of State) in subsection...
s.sch007 In section 299 (jurisdiction of sheriff) in subsection (2)(b) for...
s.sch007 In section 338 (interpretation) in the definition of “standard amenities”...
s.sch007 In Schedule 7 (application of enactments) in paragraph 13—
s.sch007 In Schedule 20 (assistance by way of repurchase) in paragraph...
s.sch007 In section 114 (closing order) in subsection (5) after the...
s.sch007 In Schedule 24 (repeals) in the entry relating to the...
s.sch007 In section 129 (appeals) in subsection (1) for “, (3)...
s.sch007 In section 139 (penalty for causing or permitting overcrowding) in...
s.sch007 In section 151 (interpretation of Part VII) in subsection (2)...
s.sch007 In section 173 (warrant to authorise entry) in subsection (5)(a)...
s.sch007 In section 179 (general effect of control order) in subsection...
s.sch007 In section 200 (slum clearance subsidy) in subsection (2) for...
s.sch008 In section 61 (secure tenant’s right to purchase) after subsection...
s.sch008 In Schedule 15 (housing revenue account) in paragraph 9(2) for...
s.sch008 In section 62 (price of house being purchased by secure...
s.sch008 In section 151 (interpretation of Part VII) in the definition...
s.sch008 In section 191 (housing support grants: fixing of aggregate amount)...
s.sch008 In section 192 (apportionment of housing support grants) in subsection...
s.sch008 In section 255 (exchequer contributions in respect of amenities) in...
s.sch008 In Schedule 10 (landlord’s repairing obligations)— (a) for paragraph 1(1)...
s.sch009 In section 27(4) (right to home loss payment) after paragraph...
s.sch009 In section 64(7) (circumstances where prohibition of landlord’s option to...
s.sch009 In section 128 (recovery of possession of house to which...
s.sch009 In section 145 (recovery of possession of overcrowded house that...
s.sch009 In section 177 (statutory tenant to be regarded as lessee...
s.sch009 In section 180 (effect of control order), in subsection (4)—...
s.sch009 In section 207 (local authority’s duty to keep slum clearance...
s.sch009 In section 311 (interpretation of sections 308 to 310), in...
s.sch009 In section 328 (duty to inform tenant of assignation of...
s.sch009 In Schedule 28, in paragraph 10 (urban development corporations, displacement...
s.sch009 In section 338 (interpretation), in subsection (1) in the definition...
s.sch009 In section 22 (interpretation) in the definition of “tenant” for...
s.sch009 In section 103 (application to sheriff)— (a) in subsection (1)...
s.sch009 In Schedule 1 (statutory tenants by succession) in paragraph 2...
s.sch009 In section 10(2)— (a) in paragraph (b) for the words...
s.sch009 In section 39, in the definition of “secure tenancy” for...
s.sch009 In section 106(2) for the definition of “shared ownership agreement”...
s.schedule/5/part/i/crossheading/ground/1_paragraph/ Not later than the beginning of the tenancy the landlord...
s.schedule/5/part/i/crossheading/ground/2_paragraph/ The house is subject to a heritable security granted before...
s.schedule/5/part/i/crossheading/ground/3_paragraph/ The house is let under a tenancy for a specified...
s.schedule/5/part/i/crossheading/ground/4_paragraph/ Where the house is let under a tenancy for a...
s.schedule/5/part/i/crossheading/ground/5_paragraph/ The house is held for the purpose of being available...
s.schedule/5/part/i/crossheading/ground/6_paragraph/ The landlord who is seeking possession or, where the immediate...
s.schedule/5/part/ii/crossheading/ground/10_paragrap The following conditions are fulfilled— (a) the tenant has given...
s.schedule/5/part/ii/crossheading/ground/11_paragrap Whether or not any rent is in arrears on the...
s.schedule/5/part/ii/crossheading/ground/12_paragrap Some rent lawfully due from the tenant—
s.schedule/5/part/ii/crossheading/ground/13_paragrap Any obligation of the tenancy (other than one related to...
s.schedule/5/part/ii/crossheading/ground/16_paragrap The condition of any furniture provided for use under the...
s.schedule/5/part/ii/crossheading/ground/9_paragraph Suitable alternative accommodation is available for the tenant or will...

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