(1)The Scottish Ministers may, after consultation with a local authority or, as the case may be, a registered social landlord, direct the authority or landlord to pay to them an amount specified in, or calculated in accordance with, the direction in respect of the expenses specified in subsection (2); and the authority or landlord must comply with any such direction.
(2)The expenses referred to in subsection (1) are the expenses of the Scottish Ministers in exercising in relation to the authority or landlord their functions under—
(a)this Part,
(b)sections 17A and 17B (publication of housing management information) of the 1987 Act, and
(c)any other enactment relating to the provision of housing accommodation or related services by local authorities or registered social landlords.