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It will also strengthen protection for tenants in the private rented sector by introducing new measures to deal with housing disputes and to regulate the letting industry.The legislation forms part of a broader commitment from this Government to make decent housing accessible and affordable.
A huge proportion of crofts are tenancies and it is not always obvious who the tenant is, for a variety of reasons. Although there is value to someone’s registering their interest in a croft—and we encourage them to do so—people might choose not to or might simply forget or neglect to do so.
If a housing contract exists between the various owners or tenants of the property, it is a devolved matter, but if a contract does not exist, it is an equalities matter.
There is some concern that burning during September could occasionally disrupt the stock management practices of crofters and other tenant farmers. Amendment 133 will allow ministers to further regulate muirburn during any extension to the season—for example, by providing additional notification requirements or procedures—if that is considered necessary to ...
We will give powers to local authorities, which will have to consider the impact of a notice on somebody's tenancy if they are a local authority tenant and on how their behaviour is viewed—the situation could provide grounds and meet criteria for pursuing an antisocial behaviour order.
Intriguingly, partly because of an earlier meeting of the committee, I have found myself advising the tenants and residents association of Lockerbie about how to improve the attractions there.
Amendment 81 clarifies that new section 26A(1B) of the 1993 act applies only to short leases of tenants of owner-occupier crofters under new section 29A of the 1993 act.