Scotland: tribunal rules for landlord info requests

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber has updated its procedure rules. The change follows new powers in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025.

Under section 14 of the 2025 Act, local authorities and the Scottish Ministers can ask a landlord for information about a tenancy, where the property is on that landlord's entry in the landlord register. The new procedure rules set out how a local authority or the Scottish Ministers can apply to the Tribunal if a landlord fails to provide that information without reasonable excuse, or gives information they must have known was false in a material way.

This is a procedural change. It does not itself create the information-request power, which comes from the 2025 Act. It sets out how a case gets to the Tribunal if something goes wrong.

This applies to landlords in Scotland only.

If you have a property on the Scottish landlord register and a local authority or the Scottish Ministers ask you for information about a tenancy at that property, this is the process that follows if you don't respond, or if your response turns out to be false in a material way.

• If you're asked for tenancy information by a local authority or the Scottish Ministers, respond fully and accurately.
• Keep a record of what you were asked and what you sent, and when.
• If you're unsure whether a request is valid, or you're facing a Tribunal application, check with a solicitor.