HOUSING Citation 1 This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “the 2006 Act ” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006; and “the 1987 Act ” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 . Commencement of Provisions 3 The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2006 Act specified in Column 1 of the Table below is as shown in Column 2, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in Column 3, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose. Table Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Sections 1 to 11, 30 to 35, 40 to 51, 59(1) and (6), 62, 65(6), 68, 69, 71 to 97, 181(1)(a), (b), (d) and (e) and (3) and schedule 1 1st April 2009 Section 192 1st April 2009 Only for the purpose of giving effect to the consequential changes in schedule 6 and the repeals in schedule 7 listed in this Order Schedule 6, paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 20 to 22 1st April 2009 Schedule 7 1st April 2009 Only for the purposes of the repeals in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62) , the repeal in the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26) of section 244(1) to (5), (9), (10) and (13) in Part 13, the repeal in section 338(1) of that Act of the definition of “standard amenities” and the repeal of paragraph 1 of Schedule 23 to that Act, and the repeals in the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) Schedule 6, paragraph 11 1st April 2010 Schedule 7 1st April 2010 Only for the purpose of the repeals in the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56) , the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45) , the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26) , but only the repeals in that Act of sections 85(3), 88 to 106, 108 to 112, 120(6), 124(4), 214, 215, 217, 218, 219(1)(a), in Part 13 sections 236 to 243, 244(7), (12) and (14) and 245 to 256A, in sections 309(1) and 310 the word “88”, section 311(1)(e), section 313(4), in section 319(1) in paragraph (a) the words from second “any” to “Part V or”, in section 338(1) the definitions of “disabled occupant” “housing action area”, “improvement”, “improvement grant”, “repairs grant” and Schedules 7, 8, 17 and 19, the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43) , the Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9) , the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) , the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55) , the Clean Air Act 1993 (c. 11) , the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28) , the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10) Savings and Transitional Provisions 4 Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 89 to 106 (housing action areas) and Schedules 8 and 19 to the 1987 Act, those provisions shall continue to have effect until 1st April 2012 in respect of any housing action area declared before 1st April 2010. 5 Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 236 to 243 and 245 to 256A (grants for improvement, repair and conversion) and Schedule 19 to the 1987 Act, those provisions shall continue to have effect in respect of– a applications received before 1st April 2012 for improvement grant for houses situated in housing action areas within the meaning of Part 4 of the 1987 Act; b applications for grant approved before 1st April 2010; and c the conditions to be observed in respect of any grant made by a local authority under those provisions. 6 Notwithstanding the repeal of section 244 (duty of local authorities to make improvement grants where an application relates exclusively to the provision of standard amenities or to disabled occupant) and schedule 19 to the 1987 Act, those provisions shall continue to have effect in respect of– a applications received before 1st April 2012 for improvement grant for houses situated in housing action areas within the meaning of Part 4 of the 1987 Act; b applications for grant approved before 1st April 2009; and c the conditions to be observed in respect of any grant made by a local authority under those provisions. 7 Notwithstanding the commencement of paragraphs 2, 3, 6 and 12 of schedule 6 to the 2006 Act where– a improvement works have been carried out in compliance with a notice of a final resolution served under Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the 1987 Act, the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 shall have effect as if the commencement of paragraph 2 had not taken place; b a person is displaced from a dwelling on any land in consequence of an order under section 88 of the 1987 Act, section 27 (right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling) of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 shall have effect as if the commencement of paragraph 3 had not taken place; c works were specified in an application for a grant under Part 13 of the 1987 Act, section 106 (consent of tenant) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 shall have effect as if the commencement of paragraph 6(a) and (b) had not taken place; and d a house was comprised in an area declared by final resolution passed under Part 4 of the 1987 Act to be a housing action area, section 311(1) (interpretation) of the 1987 Act shall have effect as if the commencement of paragraph 12 had not taken place. ALEX NEIL Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th March 2009