The Rent Regulation (Forms and Information etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations re-enact with amendments various Regulations dealing with forms and information relating to certain kinds of tenancies. The principal change is the introduction of new types of form used in connection with applications for registration of a rent or for a certificate of fair rent under a regulated tenancy or under a tenancy where the landlord is a registered housing association. The Regulations also increase from 35p to £1.50 the fee for a certified copy of an entry in the register of rents.

Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 prescribe the particulars which a rent officer is required to enter in the register when he registers a rent for a dwellinghouse.

Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 prescribe the information to be contained in a notice to quit to determine a tenancy which is a protected tenancy under the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 including a short tenancy, or a contract to which Part VII of that Act applies. Failure to include such information will in terms of section 112 of the Act render the notice to quit invalid.

Regulation 5 and Schedules 3 and 4 prescribe (a) the form of notice to be inserted in every rent book or similar document provided by the landlord for use in respect of a dwellinghouse let on or subject to a regulated tenancy and (b) the form of, and the information to be contained in, every rent book or similar document which is required by section 79(1) of the Act to be provided by a lessor for use in respect of a dwellinghouse where rent is payable weekly under a Part VII contract.

Regulation 6 and Schedule 5 prescribe the forms, which are to be used for the purposes of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 in the cases where these forms are applicable.

Regulation 7 prescribes a fee of £1.50 which is required to be paid to the rent officer to obtain a certified copy of an entry in the register.