The Form of Repair Notice (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Made: 26th June 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 27th June 2003

Coming into force: 1st October 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 330 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and revocation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Form of Repair Notice (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

• (2) Form 1 as set out in the list of forms in the Schedule to the Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1980[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Form of Repair Notice

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The form of the notice contained in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed as the form of notice to be used for the purposes of section 108(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

SCHEDULE — NOTICE TO PERSON HAVING CONTROL OF A HOUSE IN SERIOUS DISREPAIR

Signed

MARGARET CURRAN — A member of the Scottish Executive — 26th June 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the form of repair notice that is to be served by a local authority when requiring repairs be carried out to a house in a state of serious disrepair and revoke the existing form of notice set out as Form 1 in the Schedule to the Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1980.

The Schedule to the Regulations sets out the form of the notice. The notice specifies the defects that require repair and the period within which the repairs should be carried out.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1987 c. 26. See section 338 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 for the definition of “prescribed”. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1980/1647, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations..