LegalizeThe Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 2013
Made: 24th January 2013
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 28th January 2013
Coming into force: 28th February 2013
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section41(3) and (4) of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011[^f00001].
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No.5 and Transitional Provision) Order 2013 and comes into force on 28thFebruary 2013.
Appointed day
2
Section 33 (tenant information packs) of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011, in so far as it is not already in force, will come into force on 1stMay 2013.
Transitional provision
3
The commencement of section 33 of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 has no effect in relation to an assured tenancy created before 1stMay 2013.
Signed
M J BURGESS — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 24th January 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings section 33, insofar as it is not already in force, of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) into force on 1stMay 2013. The section was partially commenced but only for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to specify documents and make provision by order.
Section 33 of the 2011 Act inserts two new sections, 30A and 30B into the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43). Section 30A makes it the duty of a person who is to be the landlord under an assured tenancy to provide the person who is to be the tenant with such documents as are prescribed under section 30B. Failure to provide the documents without reasonable excuse is a criminal offence. Section 30B sets out the types of document that may be prescribed.
Article 3 provides that the commencement of the duty will not have any effect in relation to tenancies which have been created before the date on which the new sections come into force.
The Bill for the 2011 Act received Royal Assent on 20th April 2011. Part 5 of the 2011 Act (sections 38 to 41: general provisions) came into force the following day.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2011 asp 14.
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