6In section 16 (rent allowances), after subsection (5) the following subsection shall be inserted:—
“(5A)A person is also a private tenant if he occupies a house let to him by a housing co-operative, as denned in section 5 of the Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975 (agreements for exercise by housing co-operatives of local authority housing functions) and his tenancy would be a protected tenancy but for section 5(5A) of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971.”.