Friday 25 March 2011

PUBLIC PETITION AGAINST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL

Please print the written petition in portrait on your printer page layout  
Please sign this Public Petition for Tenants Rights. Petitioner Gary Pearson.
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The Citizens of Renfrewshire demand that Renfrewshire Council stop acting out with the law and therefore illegally, and comply with section 14 in order that Tenants know their rights.    See below
   S C O T T I S H  S T A T U T O R Y   I N S T R U M E N T S  ( namely )
 The Scottish Secure Tenants (Right to Repair) Regulations 2002
Made - - - - 26th June 2002   Laid before the Scottish Parliament - - - - 27th June 2002
Coming into force - - 30th September 2002
Renfrewshire Councils Housing Tenants have had their Legal Rights abused by Renfrewshire Council in regard to provisions set out in section 14 of the Act and section 12 with regard to compensation for failed repairs. See below
Providing information about these Regulations
14. A landlord shall let its tenants know in writing once every year of the provisions of these
Regulations including the list of contractors prepared to carry out qualifying repairs.
Maximum amount payable
5. In respect of any single qualifying repair, a landlord shall pay for the work as carried out up
to a maximum of £350.
Qualifying repair
6. A qualifying repair for the purposes of section 27 of the Act is a repair of a house subject to a
Scottish secure tenancy or a short Scottish secure tenancy which is a repair of a defect specified in
column 1 of the Schedule and is the responsibility of the landlord.
Instructing another listed contractor
11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4) where the primary contractor notified under regulation 8(c)
has not started the qualifying repair by the last day of the maximum period, the tenant may instruct
another listed contractor to carry out the qualifying repair.
Compensation
12.—(1) Where the primary contractor has failed to carry out the qualifying repair by the last
day of the maximum period the landlord shall pay to the tenant a sum of compensation calculated
in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The amount of compensation referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the sum of–
(a) £15; and
(b) £3 for every working day, if any, in the period–
(i) commencing on the day after the last day of what would have been the maximum
period if the maximum period had applied to the other listed contractor and had
started on the day after the day of receipt of instruction; and
(ii) ending with the day on which the qualifying repair is completed,
subject to a maximum amount of compensation of £100.
Please help to expose Renfrewshire Council  by printing the form below along with the petition page and have signed the return page of the attached petition to Gary Pearson 8c Camphill Court , Paisley  PA26BU
Please print a signing sheet, with address included and return to Gary Pearson 8c Camphill Court  Paisley PA26BU