Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/contents
Timestamp: 2019-02-19 16:19:16
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Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 3', 'ART 3', 'art 3', 'ART 4', 'ART 5', 'ART 6', 'ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 3', 'ART 4']

Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 February 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date.
PART 1 HOMELESSNESS AND ALLOCATION OF HOUSING
1. Homelessness strategies
2. Advice on homelessness etc.
3. Homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness
4. Review of decisions
5. Duty of registered social landlord to provide accommodation
6. Duty of registered social landlord: further provision
7. Persons living in hostel and other short-term accommodation
8. Common housing registers
9. Housing lists
10. Allocation of housing
PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 1 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES
11. Scottish secure tenancy
12. Restriction on termination of tenancy
13. Termination of joint tenant’s interest in tenancy
14. Proceedings for possession
14A.Pre-action requirements where grounds for possession include rent arrears
15. Rights of qualifying occupiers in possession proceedings
16. Powers of court in possession proceedings
17. Abandoned tenancies
19. Tenant’s recourse to court
20. Abandonment by joint tenant
21. Joint tenancies: abandoning tenant’s recourse to court
22. Succession to Scottish secure tenancy
24. Restriction on variation of tenancy
25. Increase in rent or charges
26. Variation of tenancy by court order
28. Landlord’s consent to work
29. Reimbursement of cost of work
30. Right to compensation for improvements
31. Effect of work on rent
32. Assignation, subletting etc.
33. Exchange of house
34. Short Scottish secure tenancies
35. Conversion to short Scottish secure tenancy
36. Recovery of possession
37. Conversion to Scottish secure tenancy
39. Application of sections 23 to 33 to other tenancies
41. Interpretation of Chapter 1
CHAPTER 2 RIGHT TO BUY
42. The qualifying conditions
43. Exemptions from right to buy
44. Limitation on right to buy: registered social landlords
45. Limitation on right to buy: pressured areas
46. Limitation on right to buy: arrears of rent, council tax etc.
47. Limitation on right to buy: conduct
48. Houses liable to demolition
49. Discounts
50. Assistance to tenants to obtain other accommodation
51. Right to buy: miscellaneous repeals
52. Reports on right to buy
CHAPTER 3 TENANT PARTICIPATION
53. Tenant participation
54. Consultation with tenants and registered tenant organisations
55. Tenant management agreements
56. Tenant management agreements: further provision
PART 3 REGULATION OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 1 REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
57. The register of social landlords
58. Eligibility for registration
60. Removal from the register
61. Criteria for registration or removal from register
62. Appeal against decision on registration or removal
63. Regulation of registered social landlords
64. Insolvency etc. of registered social landlords
65. Power of registered social landlord to dispose of land
66. Consent required for disposal of land by registered social landlord
67. Disposals not requiring consent
68. Disposals of land: consultation with tenants
68A.Power to direct certain registered social landlords to delegate functions
69. Inspections
70. Inspection reports
71. Appointment of manager
CHAPTER 2 LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT
72. Inspections
73. Inspection reports
74. Remedial plans
75. Remedial plans: appointment of manager
76. Disposals of tenanted houses: consultation and consent
77. Power to obtain information
78. Power to obtain information: further provision
79. Issue of guidance by the Scottish Ministers
80. Code of good practice
81. Charges for regulatory functions of the Scottish Ministers
CHAPTER 4 INTERPRETATION OF PART 3
82. Meaning of “subsidiary” and “associate”
83. Interpretation of Part 3
PART 4 SCOTTISH HOMES
84. Transfer of functions to the Scottish Ministers
85. Property and liabilities
86. Transfer of staff
87. Dissolution etc.
PART 5 STRATEGIC HOUSING FUNCTIONS
88. Statement on fuel poverty
89. Local housing strategies
90. Grants for housing purposes
91. Grants for housing support services
92. Assistance for housing purposes
93. Assistance for housing purposes: further provision
94. Alteration of housing finance arrangements
95. Meaning of “fuel poverty”
PART 6 GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT, REPAIRS ETC.
96. Extension of power to make improvement grants
97. Application for grant
98. Age of buildings eligible for grant
99. Applicant’s contribution to expense of works
100. Approval of application
101. Amount of grant
102. Improvement grants: the tolerable standard and standard amenities
103. Amount of repairs grant
104. Grants for means of escape from fire
105. Improvement of energy efficiency and safety
106. Equal opportunities
107. Local authority maintenance of houses etc. of registered social landlord
108. Meaning of “family” and “spouse”: cohabitation
109. Orders and regulations
110. Ancillary provision
112. Modification of enactments
113. Commencement and short title
TENANCIES WHICH ARE NOT SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES
1.Premises occupied under contract of employment
2.Police and fire service accommodation
3.Lettings to students
4.Temporary accommodation during work
5.Accommodation for homeless persons
6.Accommodation for offenders
7.Shared ownership agreements
8.Agricultural and business premises
9.Houses part of, or within curtilage of, certain other buildings
10.Accommodation in property not owned by landlord
11.Accommodation for persons with Temporary Protection
SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: GROUNDS FOR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF HOUSE
PART 1 GROUNDS ON WHICH COURT MAY ORDER RECOVERY OF POSSESSION
1.Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid,...
2.The tenant (or any one of joint tenants), a person...
3.(1) The condition of the house or of any of...
4.The condition of any furniture provided for use under the...
5.The tenant and— (a) the tenant’s spouse or civil partner...
6.The tenant is the person, or one of the persons,...
7.(1) The tenant (or any one of joint tenants), a...
8.(1) The tenant (or any one of joint tenants) or...
9.The house is overcrowded, within the meaning of section 135...
10.(1) It is intended within a reasonable period of time...
11.The house has been designed or adapted for occupation by...
12.The house forms part of a group of houses which...
13.The interest of the landlord in the house is that...
14.The landlord is Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council or...
15.The landlord wishes to transfer the tenancy of the house...
PART 2 SUITABILITY OF ACCOMMODATION
16.For the purposes of sections 16(4), 19(5), 21(5) and 22(7),...
17.In determining whether accommodation is reasonably suitable to the needs...
18.If the landlord has made an offer in writing to...
SUCCESSION TO SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: QUALIFIED PERSONS
2.(1) A person whose only or principal home at the...
3.A member of the tenant’s family aged at least 16...
4.A carer providing, or who has provided, care for the...
5.Special rule: specially adapted house
6.Order of succession
7.If the tenancy does not pass to a qualified person...
8.If the tenancy does not pass to a qualified person...
9.Where there is more than one qualified person falling within...
10.Notification of right to succeed to tenancy
11.Declining a tenancy
12.Qualified persons: co-operative housing associations
SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: LANDLORD’S REPAIRING OBLIGATIONS
1.The landlord in a Scottish secure tenancy must—
2.The landlord must, before the commencement of the tenancy—
3.The landlord must— (a) ensure that any work necessary to...
4.The landlord, or any person authorised by it in writing,...
5.(1) In determining for the purposes of paragraph 1 whether...
6.In paragraph 5, “sanitary defects” includes lack of air space...
SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: ALTERATIONS, ASSIGNATION, SUBLETTING, EXCHANGE ETC.
PART 1 ALTERATIONS ETC. TO HOUSE
1.A tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy who wishes to...
2.The landlord may— (a) consent, (b) consent subject to such...
3.The conditions which may be imposed under paragraph 2(b) include...
4.The landlord must intimate its consent or refusal, any conditions...
5.If the landlord fails to comply with paragraph 4, it...
6.A tenant who is aggrieved by a refusal, or by...
7.In such proceedings the court must, unless it considers that...
8.In deciding whether a refusal or a condition is reasonable...
PART 2 ASSIGNATION, SUBLETTING, EXCHANGE ETC.
9.A tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy who, in pursuance...
10.A tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy who, in pursuance...
11.On an application under paragraph 9 or 10 the landlord...
12.The landlord must intimate its consent or refusal and, in...
13.If the landlord fails to comply with paragraph 12, it...
14.A tenant who is aggrieved by a refusal may raise...
15.In such proceedings the court must, unless it considers that...
GROUNDS FOR GRANTING SHORT SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY
1.Previous anti-social behaviour
2.Anti-social behaviour order
3.Temporary letting to person seeking accommodation
4.Temporary letting pending development
6.Accommodation for person requiring housing support services
7.Accommodation in property not owned by landlord
PART 1 CONTROL OF PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS ETC.
1.Payments by way of gift, dividend or bonus
2.Payments and benefits to officers and employees etc.
3.Maximum amounts payable by way of fees, expenses, etc.
PART 2 CONSTITUTION, CHANGE OF RULES, AMALGAMATION AND DISSOLUTION
4.General power to remove director, trustee etc.
5.Industrial and provident society: power to appoint new committee member
6.Company: power to appoint new director
7.Change of rules etc. by industrial and provident society
8.Change of articles of association of company
9.Amalgamation and dissolution etc. of industrial and provident society
10.Arrangement, reconstruction etc. of company
11.Power of the Scottish Ministers to petition for winding up
12.Transfer of net assets on dissolution or winding up
PART 3 ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
13.General requirements as to accounts and audit
14.Appointment of auditors by industrial and provident societies
15.Responsibility for securing compliance with accounting requirements
PART 4 INQUIRY INTO AFFAIRS OF REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
16.Inquiry
17.Extraordinary audit for purposes of inquiry
18.General powers exercisable as a result of inquiry or audit
19.Power to direct transfer of land
INSOLVENCY ETC. OF REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
2.Initial notice to be given to the Scottish Ministers
3.Further notice to be given to the Scottish Ministers
4.Moratorium on disposal of land etc.
5.Period of moratorium
6.Proposals as to ownership and management of landlord’s land
7.Effect of agreed proposals
8.Appointment of manager to implement agreed proposals
9.Powers of the manager
10.Powers of the manager: transfer of engagements
11.Assistance by the Scottish Ministers
12.Application to court to secure compliance with agreed proposals
CONSULTATION BEFORE CERTAIN DISPOSALS BY LOCAL AUTHORITY LANDLORD OR REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORD
1.Disposals to which this schedule applies
2.Application for consent of the Scottish Ministers
3.Requirements as to consultation
4.Power to require further consultation
5.Consent to be withheld unless majority of tenants in favour
6.Protection of purchasers
1.New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.16)
2.Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 (c.55)
3.Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.56)
4.Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (c.38)
5.House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
6.Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.30)
7.Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.59)
8.Finance Act 1981 (c.35)
9.Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.58)
10.Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.66)
11.Housing Associations Act 1985 (c.69)
12.Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.65)
13.Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.26)
14.Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43)
15.Housing Act 1988 (c.50)
16.Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42)
17.Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)
18.Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c.12)
19.Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14)
20.Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28)
21.Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39)
22.Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.7)
23.Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36)
24.Housing Act 1996 (c.52)
25.Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.11)
26.Data Protection Act 1998 (c.29)
27.Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37)
28.Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 1)
29.Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7)