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Letting Agents Registration and Code of Practice Comes into force 31st January 2018 ***Scotland Only***

 

The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 made provisions for the mandatory letting agent registration, regulation and training requirements in Scotland.

 

Housing (Scotland) Act 2014:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/14/contents/enacted

 

Part 4 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 makes provision for the registration, regulation and training requirements for letting agents in Scotland. They include a mandatory register of letting agents, a ‘fit and proper’ person test, training requirements, a code of practice to which all letting agents must adhere and enforcement through the new First-Tier Tribunal.

 

The Letting Agent Registration (Scotland) Regulations 2016 sets out the training requirements that those applying to join the register of letting agents must meet and additional information required for registration. This was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 22nd December 2016 and comes into force 31st January 2018.

 

The Letting Agent Registration (Scotland) Regulations 2016:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/432/introduction/made

 

Letting Agent Registration Guide:

https://www.mygov.scot/letting-agent-registration/who-needs-to-register/

 

The Register of Letting Agents will be a list run by Scottish Ministers that will make sure every letting agent is suitable to do the job and has met minimum training requirements.

 

--legal obligations relating to letting agency work and the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords

--handling of tenants’ and landlords’ money

--arranging and managing a tenancy

--managing repairs and maintenance

--customer communications

--complaints handling

--equality issues

 

The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016 were laid before the Scottish Parliament and will come into force on 31st January 2018.

 

The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111030912

 

Those engaged in letting agency work must also comply with the Letting Agent Code of Practice. The Code of Practice is set out in The Letting Agent Code of Practice (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and contains general duties including:

 

--complying with relevant legislation

--providing accurate information

--applying procedures consistently and reasonably

--dealing with complaints

--ensuring compliance by employees and subcontractors

--handling private information sensitively

--not to unlawfully discriminate

--carrying out services in a timely fashion and with due skill and care

 

Housing and Property Chamber First-tier Tribunal for Scotland:

https://www.housingandpropertychamber.scot/

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