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The bulk of the policy has already been set out on the face of the Bill, and a power is being taken here to add detail by way of a code of practice and to bring that code into force by regulations.
It includes:
compulsory registration for property factors operating in Scotland
a Code of Conduct with minimum standards which property factors have to follow
a dispute resolution system - homeowners can bring cases to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) if their property factor breaches the Code of Conduct.
In respect of the power to make and revise a code of practice, the Committee considered that the code should be subject to a parliamentary procedure and that this could be either the negative or affirmative procedure.
The four integrity sub-dimensions are:
employment restrictions;
public officials' code of conduct;
lobbyist code of ethics;
self-regulation by lobbyist associations.
A flat owner or flat owners can complain to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) ('the First-tier Tribunal') if the factor is not complying with the Code of Conduct or certain other parts of the 2011 Act.
These costs will be either the annual levy which PoBs will be required to contribute to, or as a result of actions in relation to implementing the code (such as moving to an MRO agreement, participating in arbitration or a result of financial penalties issued by the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (SPCA)).