SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43)

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1

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In section 43(3)(a) (certain tenancies secure where interest of landlord belongs to local authority etc.), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute—

i

a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, or a joint board or joint committee of two or more such councils, or the common good of such a council or any trust under the control of such a council; or

ia

a water authority or sewerage authority;

3

In section 45(4) (transfer of existing tenancies: public bodies), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

a

it belongs to a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, or a joint board or joint committee of two or more such councils, or the common good of such a council or any trust under the control of such a council; or

aa

it belongs to a water authority or sewerage authority;

4

In section 55(1) (interpretation of Part II of the Act)—

a

after the definition of “prescribed” insert—

sewerage authority” shall be construed in accordance with section 62 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

b

the word “and”, where it occurs immediately after the definition of “tenancy”, shall cease to have effect; and

c

after the definition of “tenant” insert—

; and

water authority” shall be construed in accordance with the said section 62.

5

In section 56 (right conferred by Part III)—

a

in subsection (3), for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, or a joint board or joint committee of two or more such councils, or the common good of such a council or any trust under the control of such a council

b

in subsection (5)(c), for “islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”;

c

in subsection (6)(a), for “an islands council” substitute “ the council for Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands or Western Isles ”; and

d

in subsection (9)(a), for “islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.

6

In section 57(1) (persons by whom right may be exercised)—

a

the word “neither” shall cease to have effect;

b

the words from “nor” to “council”, where it thirdly occurs, shall cease to have effect; and

c

after “may” insert “ not ”.

7

In Schedule 4 (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies), in paragraph 11—

a

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

a

a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, or a joint board or joint committee of two or more such councils, or the common good of such a council or any trust under the control of such a council;

aa

a water authority or sewerage authority;

b

for the word “and”, where it occurs immediately after sub-paragraph (e), substitute “ or ”.