Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
Amendment of Order
2.—(1) The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Order 1997(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.
(2) In article 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “registered housing association”, there shall be inserted the following definition:–
““registered social landlord” has the meaning given in section 111 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001(2);”.
(3) In paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1 (dwellings awaiting demolition), after “authority”, there shall be inserted “, a registered social landlord”.
PETER PEACOCK
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th March 2002