PART 4Letting agents
Code of practice
46Letting Agent Code of Practice
1
The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, set out a code of practice which makes provision about—
a
the standards of practice of persons who carry out letting agency work,
b
the handling of tenants’ and landlords’ money by those persons, and
c
the professional indemnity arrangements to be kept in place by those persons.
2
The code of practice is to be known as the Letting Agent Code of Practice.
3
Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate on a draft of the code of practice.