- 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?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Landlord4
Director or Officer1
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
162 duties
Companies Act 2006
126 duties
Insolvency Act 1986
77 duties
Building Societies Act 1986
32 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
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.034
Reference of rents under short assured tenancies to the First-tier Tribunal (opens in a new tab)
s.046
Change to private residential tenancy by agreement
s.048
Amounts attributable to services.
s.065
“Cost floor” limit on discount on price of house purchased by secure tenant. (opens in a new tab)
s.072
Amendments to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 and other enactments and repeals. (opens in a new tab)
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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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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