Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011

JurisdictionScotland
Citation2011 asp 8
Year2011
(1) The Scottish Ministers are to prepare and maintain a register of property factors for the purposes of this Part (“the register”) .(2) The register must be available for public inspection at all reasonable times.(2A) The Scottish Ministers may omit any material which falls within section 5(2) from the register made available for public inspection if they consider it appropriate to do so.(3) In this Part, “registered” means registered in the register, and “unregistered” means not registered in the register.a person who, in the course of that person's business, manages the common parts of land owned by two or more other persons and used to any extent for residential purposes,by two or more other persons, orby the local authority or housing association and one or more other person,a person who, in the course of that person's business, manages or maintains land which is available for use by the owners of any two or more adjoining or neighbouring residential properties (but only where the owners of those properties are required by the terms of the title deeds relating to the properties to pay for the cost of the management or maintenance of that land) , andthe owners of any two or more adjoining or neighbouring residential properties, orthe local authority or housing association and the owners of any one or more such properties,a person so far as managing or maintaining land on behalf of the Crown that was acquired by virtue of Her Majesty's prerogative rights in relation to unclaimed or ownerless land,an owners' association established by the development management scheme (within the meaning of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9) ) so far as managing or maintaining common parts or land in accordance with the scheme,a person so far as managing or maintaining common parts or land on behalf of another person who is a property factor in relation to the same common parts or land.(3) The Scottish Ministers may by order modify either or both of subsections (1) and (2) .(4) An order under subsection (3) may make such consequential modifications of any other provision of this Act as may be necessary or appropriate.(5) An order under subsection (3) is not to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.(6) In this Part—
  • housing association” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (c.69) ,
  • local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39) .
(1) A person who is, or intends to become, a property factor may apply to the Scottish Ministers for entry in the register.the full name and business address of the person, and if formed and registered under the Companies Acts, the company's registered number,whether the person is trading as a sole trader, partnership or company or has some other legal status,where the person is not trading as a sole trader, the full name and business address of the individual who holds the most senior position within the management structure of the partnership, company or body which is (or is to be) directly concerned with the control or governance of the property factor,the full name and address of any other person who is (or is to be) directly concerned with the control or governance of the property factor,any dwelling houses, flats or land in relation to which the person acts, or expects to act, as a property factor, andsuch other information as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe.signed by the responsible person, andsubject to subsection (4) , accompanied by such fee as the Scottish Ministers may determine.fees,how fees are to be arrived at,cases in which no fee is payable.(5) The Scottish Ministers must secure that, taking one financial year with another, the income from fees under this section and section 7 does not exceed the total cost incurred in exercising their functions under this Part.specifies information which the person knows is false in a material particular, orknowingly fails to specify information required

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