Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978

PART II Consequential Amendments

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1969 (c. 34)

30 In section 18(1) (right to and amount of payments to certain owner occupiers), before the words " 26 of the Housing " there shall be inserted the words " 14A or ".

31 In section 19 (house subject to heritable security or purchased by instalments), before the words " 26 of the Housing " there shall be inserted the words " 14A or ".

32 In section 20(1) (interpretation of sections 18 and 19), after paragraph (d) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(e) if the house was compulsorily purchased under section 14A(4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974, the date when and the authority by whom the order was served :”.

The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 46)

33 In section 1 (introduction of new housing subsidies)—

(a) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(2) The said subsidies are—

1.

The rent rebate subsidy.

2.

The rent allowance subsidy.

3.

The slum clearance subsidy.”;

(b) in subsection (3) for the words " subsidies set out in this subsection" there shall be substituted the words " rent rebate subsidy " , and the words from " The said subsidies " to the end shall cease to have effect.

34 In section 5(2) (the rent rebate subsidy), in the Table for the words—

“1975-76 and subsequent years

75 per cent.”

there shall be substituted the words—

“1975-76, 1976-77 and 1977-78	75 per cent.
1978-79 and subsequent years	90 per cent.”

35 In section 6 (the rent allowance subsidy)—

(a) in subsection (2), after the words " for any year " there shall be inserted the words " up to and including the year 1977-78 " and in column 1 of the Table for the words " and subsequent years " there shall be substituted the words " , 1976-77 and 1977-78 ";

(b) at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(5) The amount of rent allowance subsidy payable to a local authority for the year 1978-79 or any subsequent year shall be 90 per cent, of the local authority's standard amount of rent allowances for the year as defined for the purposes of Part II of this Act”.

36 In section 22(1) (interpretation of Part II), for the definition of " supplementary benefit" there shall be substituted the following definition " supplementary benefit " means benefit under Part I of the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 except that it does not include benefit under section 3 (benefit to meet exceptional needs) of that Act; ".

37 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 (amounts to be credited to the housing revenue account)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (1)(c) there shall be substituted the following—

“(c) the housing support grant payable to the local authority for that year ;”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (1)(e) and (1)(f) there shall be substituted the following—

“(e) any income receivable by the local authority for that year in respect of all such buildings as are referred to in section 23(1)(f) of this Act;”.

38 In paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 (amounts to be debited to the housing revenue account)—

(a) at the end of the proviso to sub-paragraph (a) there shall be added the following words " or in respect of any house to which the account relates and which is disposed of after the coming into force of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978, ";

(b) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following—

“(cc) the expenditure incurred by the local authority for that year in respect of all such buildings as are referred to in section 23(1)(f) of this Act;”.

The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56)

39 In section 27(7) (home loss payments), at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be added the words " or an order under section 14A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 ; ".

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 45)

40 In section 6(1)(b) (payment of improvement grant) for the words " or 7(4) " there shall be substituted " 7(4) or 10A(4) ".

41 In section 11 (application of Part I to houses in a housing action area)—

(a) in subsection (1) for the word " (6)" there shall be substituted the word " (7) ";

(b) for subsections (7) to (10) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(7) In section 10A—

(a) for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a local authority shall make a repairs grant if an application is made in accordance with those provisions and approved by them in such circumstances as they think fit.

(2) A local authority shall not approve an application under this section unless on completion of the works the house will attain the standard specified in the resolution passed under section 16 or 17 of this Act. ". "”;

(b) in subsection (4), at the beginning there shall be inserted the words " Subject to section 11(5) of this Act " and for the words " 50 per cent." there shall be substituted the words " 75 per cent. ";

(c) in subsection (5) after the words "section 7)" there shall be inserted the words " and subsection (3), (4) and (5) of section 11 of this Act " .”.

42 In section 29(2) (compensation in respect of land acquired compulsorily)—

(a) after the word " which " there shall be inserted the word " either "; and

(b) after the word " standard " there shall be inserted the words " or is specified in an improvement order under section 14A(1) of this Act, " .

43 In section 43(1) (exclusion of houses controlled by Crown), after the words "Part II of this Act" there shall be inserted the words " or no order under section 14A of this Act ".