59(1)The Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 is amended as follows.S
(2)In section 5 (now; protected or statutory tenancy where landlord’s interest belongs to certain authorities), in subsection (4) (certain housing associations) for the words from “belongs to” to the end substitute—
“belongs to a housing association which—
(a)is registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985, or
(b)is a co-operative housing association within the meaning of that Act;
nor shall a person at any time be a statutory tenant of a dwelling-house if the interest of his immediate landlord belongs at that time to such a housing association.”.
(3)In section 61(1) (interpretation of Part VI), in the definition of “housing association” for the words from “meaning” to the end substitute “same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985”.
(4)In section 63(4) (lessors excluded from Part VII), in paragraph (e) (registered housing associations), for “Housing Act 1974” substitute “Housing Associations Act 1985”.