Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016

72First-tier Tribunal's duty to report unregistered landlordsS

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(1)The First-tier Tribunal must notify the local authority in whose area a property is being let if, in the course of relevant proceedings before it, the Tribunal learns or is given cause to suspect that the landlord under the tenancy is not registered as a landlord with the local authority.

(2)In notifying a local authority under subsection (1), the Tribunal must tell the local authority—

(a)the landlord's name and address, and

(b)the address of the property mentioned in that subsection.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a)proceedings are “relevant proceedings” if—

(i)they arise from a private residential tenancy under which the property mentioned in that subsection is or was let, and

(ii)the landlord is a party to them,

(b)a person is not registered as a landlord with a local authority if the person is not entered in the register prepared and maintained by the local authority for the purposes of Part 8 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004.

Commencement Information

I1S. 72 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.