The Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory and General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Duties in relation to tenancy deposits

   4. 4. Circumstances in which tenancy deposit duties apply

   5. 5. The duties in regulation 3 do not apply if no...

   6. 6. Conditions for approval of a tenancy deposit scheme

   7. 7. Scheme administrator to be a fit and proper person

   8. 8. Power of Scottish Ministers to provide financial assistance

3. PART 2 Sanctions

   1. 9. First-tier Tribunal orders

   2. 10. If satisfied that the landlord did not comply with any...

4. PART 3 Model for operation of tenancy deposit scheme

   1. 11. Scheme model

   2. 12. Agents

   3. 13. Geographical coverage and administrative requirements

   4. 14. Financing and sustainability

   5. 15. Protection of deposits in the event of scheme failure etc.

5. PART 4 Accounting requirements in relation to tenancy deposit schemes

   1. 16. Designated accounts

   2. 17. A scheme administrator must follow appropriate accounting and administrative practices...

   3. 18. Sums may be withdrawn from a designated account only for...

   4. 19. The conditions for withdrawal of sums under regulation 18(d) are—...

6. PART 5 Procedures for payment, holding and repayment of deposits

   1. 20. Payment of tenancy deposits to a tenancy deposit scheme

   2. 21. A tenancy deposit paid to an approved scheme must be...

   3. 22. (1) On receipt of a tenancy deposit and the required...

   4. 23. Landlord application to transfer a tenancy deposit

   5. 24. Application for repayment of a tenancy deposit

   6. 25. (1) On receipt of an application from a landlord under...

   7. 26. Repayment by the scheme administrator where there is no disputed amount

   8. 27. (1) Paragraph (2) applies where the scheme administrator does not...

   9. 28. (1) Paragraph (2) applies where the scheme administrator does not...

   10. 29. Repayment by the scheme administrator where there is a disputed amount

   11. 30. If the scheme administrator receives notification that the dispute has...

   12. 31. (1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where, following receipt of...

   13. 32. (1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where the landlord and...

7. PART 6 Dispute resolution

   1. 33. Dispute resolution mechanism

   2. 34. (1) The dispute resolution mechanism must be provided free of...

   3. 35. (1) Procedures must be in place whereby the scheme administrator...

   4. 36. The decision of the adjudicator

   5. 37. Review

   6. 38. (1) If, after consideration of the application under regulation 37(1)...

   7. 39. Information about dispute resolution

8. PART 7 Information and publicity requirements in relation to tenancy deposit schemes

   1. 40. Duty to publicise approved schemes

   2. 41. Duty to produce an information leaflet

   3. 42. Landlord’s duty to provide information to the tenant

   4. 43. Duty to provide updated information

   5. 44. Landlord’s duty to provide information to the scheme administrator relating to landlord registration

9. PART 8 Performance reporting

   1. 45. Duty to provide annual report to the Scottish Ministers

   2. 46. Duty to provide a quarterly performance report

10. PART 9 Transitional provisions

    1. 47. Transitional provisions

    2. 48. Where the tenancy deposit was paid to the landlord on...

11. Signature

12. 1. SCHEDULE

13. Explanatory Note