PART 4Letting agents

Duties of registered letting agents

37Duty to inform: change of circumstances

1

This section applies if, in consequence of a change in circumstances, any information provided by a registered letting agent to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 30 or, as the case may be, this section, becomes inaccurate.

2

The registered letting agent must notify the Scottish Ministers in writing, as soon as practicable after the inaccuracy arises, of the change that has occurred.

3

The notice must be accompanied by a fee of such amount (if any) as the Scottish Ministers may determine.

4

It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with subsection (2) without reasonable excuse.

5

A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.