LegalizeThe Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5 and Consequential Provision) Order 2015
Made: 15th December 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 17th December 2015
Coming into force: 2nd February 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102 and 104(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
- (1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5 and Consequential Provision) Order 2015 and comes into force on 2nd February 2016.
- (2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.
Appointed day
2
- (1) Subject to paragraph (2), 2nd February 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of Schedule 1).
- (2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of Schedule 1, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.
Consequential provision
3
- (1) The Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013[^f00002] is amended as follows.
- (2) In article 2 (specified documents) after paragraph (c) insert—
(ca) a copy of any electrical safety record that requires to be given to the tenant in accordance with section 19A(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006[^f00003];
- (3) In article 4(1) for “or (c)” substitute “, (c) or (ca)”.
- (4) For the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2.
SCHEDULE 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provisions of the Act | Subject-matter | Purpose |
| Section 29(2)(b) | Power to prescribe information to be contained in an entry in the register of letting agents | The purpose of making regulations |
| Section 30(2)(f) | Power to prescribe additional information to be included in an application for registration | The purpose of making regulations |
| Section 32(2)(c) | Power to prescribe training requirements for letting agents | The purpose of making regulations |
| Section 52(2) | Power to make further provision about the requiring of information under section 52(1) |
SCHEDULE 2
Signed
M J BURGESS — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 15th December 2015
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into force various provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”).
Article 2 and Schedule 1 appoint 2nd February 2016 for the coming into force of sections 29(2)(b), 30(2)(f), 32(2)(c) and 52(2) of the Act, for the purpose of enabling regulations to be made (which is the sole purpose of section 52(2)).
Article 3 amends the Tenant Information Packs (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Order 2013 in consequence of sections 22 (carbon monoxide alarms), 23 (electrical safety inspections) and 25 (third party application in respect of the repairing standard) of the Act.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2014 asp 14.
[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2013/20, amended by S.S.I. 2013/90.
[^f00003]: 2006 asp 1; Section 19A was inserted by the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014, section 23(2).
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