Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Public sector housing

    1. 1.New system of rents for public sector housing

    2. 2.Limitation on increases in standard rents of individual houses

    3. 3.Amendments relating to housing subsidies

    4. 4.Transitional provisions relating to housing revenue account

    5. 5.Agreements for exercise by housing co-operatives of local authority housing functions

    6. 6.Surplus funds of new town corporations

  3. Private sector housing

    1. 7.Phasing of rent increases where rent for dwelling-house under regulated tenancy is registered

    2. 8.Limitation of rent increases under rent agreement where no rent is registered for dwelling-house under regulated tenancy

    3. 9.Annual limit on private sector rent increases

    4. 10.Termination of decontrol of controlled tenancy by reference to rateable value etc.

    5. 11.Increases of rent under controlled tenancy permitted towards cost of repairs

    6. 12.Eligibility for housing association grant and revenue deficit grant

    7. 13.Continuation of right to recover excess rent, etc., under Counter-Inflation Orders

  4. Miscellaneous and general

    1. 14.Financial provisions

    2. 15.Miscellaneous and consequential amendments and repeals

    3. 16.Interpretation

    4. 17.Citation, commencement and extent

  5. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments Relating to Housing Revenue Account and Housing Subsidies

      1. PART I Amendments Relating to Housing Revenue Account

        1. The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

          1. 1.In Schedule 4 (Housing Revenue Account)— (1) In paragraph 1,...

      2. PART II Amendments Relating to Housing Subsidies

        1. The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

          1. 2.In section 3 (local authorities housing expenditure subsidy)—

          2. 3.In section 4 (local authorities high cost subsidy)—

          3. 4.In section 9 (housing expenditure subsidy payable to development corporations...

        2. The Housing (Scotland) Act 1974

          1. 5.In section 46 (rent income subsidy), for subsection (3) there...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Phasing of Rent Increases where Rent for Dwelling-house under Regulated Tenancy is Registered

      1. PART I Phasing of Rent Increases

        1. Interpretation

          1. 1.(1) In this Schedule— " noted amount " means the...

        2. Service element

          1. 2.(1) Where there is, in respect of any registered rent,...

        3. Formulae for calculating increases in rent

          1. 3.(1) Subject to paragraph 3(1)(c) of Part III of the...

        4. Modifications in certain cases of rent agreements

          1. 4.(1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies in any case where there...

        5. Effect of subsequent registration during period of delay

          1. 5.Where a rent has been registered for a dwelling-house, and...

        6. Modifications in cases where rent was registered before commencement of Act

          1. 6.(1) In relation to any registered rent which was subject...

          2. 7.Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 6 above shall apply in any...

        7. General

          1. 8.(1) The Secretary of State may by order substitute, for...

          2. 9.In ascertaining for the purposes of this Schedule any difference...

          3. 10.(1) Where a registration takes effect from a date earlier...

      2. PART II Miscellaneous amendments relating to phasing of rent increases

        1. 11.In section 19(2) of the 1971 Act (determination of rent...

        2. 12.In section 21(2)(b) of the 1971 Act (limit of rent...

        3. 13.In section 31 of the 1971 Act (recovery from landlord...

        4. 14.In section 43 of the 1971 Act (amount to be...

        5. 15.In section 43(3)(a) of the 1971 Act (treatment of rates...

        6. 16.In Schedule 6 to the 1971 Act (applications for registration...

        7. 17.In Part III of the Schedule to the Fire Precautions...

        8. 18.In section 42(3) of the 1972 Act (requirements as respects...

        9. 19.In section 45 of the 1972 Act (failure to comply...

        10. 20.In Schedule 3 to the 1972 Act (rent rebates and...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments

      1. The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966

        1. 1.Section 195 (default powers of Secretary of State in relation...

      2. The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968

        1. 2.In section 58 (power of Secretary of State to reduce,...

      3. The Housing (Scotland) Act 1969

        1. 3.In section 62 (increase of rents of houses belonging to...

      4. The Rent (Scotland) Act 1971

        1. 4.In section 5 (cases excluded from protected or statutory tenancies),...

        2. 5.In section 48 (rent limit for controlled tenancies), after "this...

      5. The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

        1. 6.In section 16 (rent allowances), after subsection (5) the following...

        2. 7.In section 78(3) (houses to which the housing revenue account...

        3. 8.In Schedule 2 (computation of rent rebates and allowances), after...

      6. The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973

        1. 9.In section 27 (right to home loss payments where person...

        2. 10.In section 34 (disturbance payments for persons without compensatable interests)—...

        3. 11.In section 80(1) (general interpretation) the following definitions shall be...

      7. The Housing Act 1974

        1. 12.In subsection (5)(a) of section 7 (borrowing powers of Housing...

        2. 13.In section 17 of the Housing Act 1974 (loans and...

        3. 14.In section 119(3) of the Housing Act 1974 (option mortgages),...

        4. 15.Sections 109 to 116 of the Housing Act 1974 and...

        5. 16.After section 116 of the Housing Act 1974 there shall...

        6. 17.In section 131 of the Housing Act 1974 (short title,...

        7. 18.After Schedule 10 to the Housing Act 1974 there shall...

        8. 19.In Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 1974, in paragraph...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Repeals