Question reference: S4W-04035
- Asked by: Derek Mackay, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 14 November 2011
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 November 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are penalties for private landlords who are not registered.
Answer
Under the landlord registration system administered by local authorities, landlords who do not register are committing a criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to £50,000.
A local authority can also serve a Rent Penalty Notice on an unregistered landlord. The effect of the notice is that no rent or other payment is payable under a tenant’s lease or occupancy arrangement from a specified date.