Landlord registration
What information do landlords need to provide for their registration, and how often does the information need to be updated?
The Landlord Registration website has a useful list of information you will need to provide to register as a landlord or to renew your landlord registration status. This information will be reviewed by the Landlord Registration Team during your initial application, and also on a 3-yearly basis upon renewal of your landlord registration.
Some of these documents will need to be reviewed regularly. For example:
- Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICRs) should be renewed every 5 years.
- Gas safety certificates (where applicable) should be renewed annually.
- Energy Performance Certificates (where applicable) should be renewed every 10 years.
- Legionella risk assessments should be renewed at intervals of no more than 2 years.
- Electrical appliance test details (where applicable) should be renewed in line with the expiry date of the test for each appliance.
- Water supply tests (if not provided by Scottish Water mains), should be reviewed on a regular basis. Please contact the Council’s Environmental Health department for more information.
The Landlord Registration Team are happy to discuss individual documentation requirements with any applicants.
What reminders will I get when my landlord registration is due to expire?
You will automatically receive a notification from the Scottish Landlord Register in the period before your registration is due to expire. The first of these reminders will be sent out 3 months before the expiry of your registration, and a second reminder will be sent out 1 month before the expiry of your registration. If you have not re-applied by the expiry date, notification will be sent out one day following the expiry of your registration to confirm that your registration has expired. Please remember to check your junk folders, to ensure that emails have not accidentally been diverted there.
For advice on Landlord Registration, please contact the team.
What is the Council’s position in relation to unregistered landlords, and what is being done to address this issue?
All landlords in Argyll and Bute are required to register with Argyll & Bute Council, unless they meet certain exemptions. Failure to register as a landlord is an offence and subject to penalties including fines and/or Rent Penalty Notices.
If you suspect that someone is operating as an unregistered landlord, you can check this via the Scottish Landlord Register or by contacting the Landlord Registration Team, who will carry out investigations.
