Part 3Provision of information on sale of house
Prescribed documents
I1104Information to be held or provided to potential buyers
1
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—
a
prescribe documents for the purposes of section 98, 99(1) or 101(2), and
b
make such further provision about those documents as they think fit.
2
A document may be prescribed under subsection (1) only if the Scottish Ministers consider that it discloses information about—
a
the physical condition of a house (including any characteristics or features of the house),
b
the value of a house, or
c
any other matter connected with a house, or the sale of a house, that would be of interest to potential buyers.
3
Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision—
a
about the form of, and the information to be included in, or excluded from, a prescribed document,
b
requiring that a prescribed document be prepared by a person of a description specified in the regulations,
c
requiring that the date to which information in a prescribed document relates is no earlier than the beginning of such period as the regulations may specify before the date on which the house was put on the market,
d
requiring that a prescribed document is to be valid for such period of time, or is to be invalidated in such circumstances, as the regulations may specify.
4
Regulations under subsection (1) may also make provision for and in connection with the registration of prescribed documents and may, in particular, make provision—
a
for a register of prescribed documents to be kept by the Scottish Ministers or such other person as the regulations may specify (or for the keeping of 2 or more such registers),
b
authorising the Scottish Ministers to make payments or to give other assistance in connection with the creation, administration or operation of such a register,
c
requiring persons of such type as may be so specified to register prescribed documents in such circumstances as may be so specified,
d
about the circumstances and manner in which, and the purposes for which, information contained in such a register may be inspected, copied or otherwise obtained,
e
setting the amount, or the maximum amount, of any fee which may be charged in connection with registering documents or with inspecting or obtaining information contained in such a register,
f
for enforcement by enforcement authorities of any requirement to register prescribed documents.