By what means tenants in private rented housing are made aware of their rights in terms of the private rented housing panel.

It is the landlord''s duty at the start of a relevant tenancy to provide the tenant with written information regarding the repairing standard and their right to apply to the private rented housing panel (prhp) if the standard is not being adhered to. Section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 covers this.
The prhp can provide tenants with its leaflet A brief guide for tenants and information can be seen on its website.
Shelter, Citizens Advice and law centres also advise tenants of the work carried out by the prhp.
Rent officers when visiting properties as part of their duties in cases of rent assessment, distribute leaflets about the prhp and inform tenants of their right of appeal to the prhp.
Section 29 of the current Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill would require a landlord under an assured tenancy to provide a tenant information pack to a tenant at the beginning of the tenancy. Ministers would have the power to prescribe by order the documents to be included. Information on the prhp could be available as part of the pack if this provision becomes law.