The Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 326 (C. 39)

Housing

The Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015

Made

8th September 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

9th September 2015

Coming into force

22nd September 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(3) of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011(1).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015 and comes into force on 22nd September 2015.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011.

Appointed days

2.—(1) 22nd September 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The provisions are the following subsections of section 35 (landlord application to private rented housing panel)—

(a) subsection (1);

(b) subsection (4) for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under sections 28B(1) and 28C(11) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(2); and

(c) subsection (8).

(3) 1st December 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of subsections (2), (4) (in so far as not already in force) and (5) to (7) of section 35 of the Act.

M J BURGESS

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th September 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 35 (landlord application to private rented housing panel) of the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) with the exception of subsection (3) which will be repealed by section 25(11) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014(3)).

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 20th April 2011. Part 5 of the Act (sections 38 to 41: general provisions) came into force the following day. The provisions of the Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed in the table below.

Provision of the 2011 Act	Date of Commencement	S.S.I. No.
Section 1	1st July 2012	S.S.I. 2012/150
Section 2	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 3	1st April 2013	S.S.I. 2013/82
Section 4(a) (partially)	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 4(a) (insofar as not already in force)	1st July 2012	S.S.I. 2012/150
Sections 4(b)	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 5	1st April 2013	S.S.I. 2013/82
Section 6	1st June 2013	S.S.I. 2013/82
Section 7	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 8 and 9	1st April 2013	S.S.I. 2013/82
Section 10	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 11	1st April 2013	S.S.I. 2013/82
Section 12 and Schedule	1st April 2013	S.S.I. 2013/82
Section 13(1), (3) and (6)	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 13(2), (4) and (5)	31st January 2012	S.S.I. 2012/2
Sections 14, 15 and 16	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Partially, sections 17, 19 and 29	31st January 2012	S.S.I. 2012/2
Section 32(2) (partially)	31st January 2012	S.S.I. 2012/2
Section 32 (insofar as not already in force)	30th November 2012	S.S.I. 2012/267
Section 33 (partially)	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270
Section 33 (insofar as not already in force)	1st May 2013	S.S.I. 2013/19
Sections 34, 36 and 37	31st August 2011	S.S.I. 2011/270

(1)

2011 asp 14.

(2)

2006 asp 1.

(3)

2014 asp 14.