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SCHEDULE 2S Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24)S

1In section 17(2) of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (restriction on effect of requirement to demolish, or carry out operations in relation to, a building), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—S

(bb)a building to which section 262A of the said Act of 1972 (control of demolition in conservation areas) applies;.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2S

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The Land Tenure Reforms (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 38)S

3In section 8(7) of the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (saving)—S

(a)for the words “1971” there shall be substituted the words “ 1984 or a secure tenancy within the meaning of the M1Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 ”; and

(b)for the words “that Act” there shall be substituted the words “ either of those Acts ”.

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The Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69).S

4(1)The Housing Associations Act 1985 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 8(1) (power of registered housing associations to dispose of land), after the word “buy)” there shall be inserted the words “ and Part I of the Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980 (analogous Scottish Provisions) ”.

(3)In section 15(1) (prohibition on payments etc. by certain registered housing associations), at the end there shall be added the words “ or by section 15A of this Act ”.

(4)In section 40 (index of defined expressions), after the entry relating to a shared ownership lease there shall be inserted the following entry—

shared ownership agreement (in relation to Scotland)section 106.

(5)In section 42 (projects qualifying for housing association grant: accommodation for letting, hostels), in subsection (2)(a)—

(a)after the word “includes” there shall be inserted the words

(i)In England and Wales,; and

(b)after the word “lease,” there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

(ii)in Scotland, disposal under a shared ownership agreement,.

(6)In section 86 (Housing Corporation indemnities for building societies)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)after the words “building society” in each of the three places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “ or recognised body ”; and

(ii)in paragraph (b), for the word “the” where it last occurs there shall be substituted the word “ a ”;

(b)in subsection (2), after the words “building society” there shall be inserted the words “ or recognised body ”;

(c)in subsection (5), after the words “building societies” there shall be inserted the words “ or recognised bodies ”; and

(d)at the end there shall be added the following subsections—

(6)In this section, “recognised body” means a body designated, or of a class or description designated, in an order made under this subsection by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury.

(7)Before making an order under subsection (6) above varying or revoking an order previously so made, the Secretary of State shall give an opportunity for representations to be made on behalf of a recognised body which, if the order were made, would cease to be such a body..

(7)In section 106 (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

(3)In the definition of “shared ownership agreement” in subsection (2) above, “approved” means approved by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Housing Corporation..

(8)In section 107—

(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(b)in subsection (4) (list of provisions of Act applying to Scotland only), after the word “only—” there shall be inserted the words—

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

section 15A,.

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SCHEDULE 3S Repeals

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 37The Building Societies Act 1962.In Schedule 3.3(2)(b), the word “and” where it first occurs.
1968 c. 31.The Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968.Section 25(1)(d).
1980 c. 52.The Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980.In section 1(8), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (c).
In section 1(11), the words “nor” at the end of paragraph (b).
In section 10(2), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (f).
In section 30(5), the words “and the standard rate shall be effective from the date when it is declared by the Secretary of State”.
In Schedule 1, paragraph 1.
1985 c. 69.The Housing Associations Act 1985.Section 100.
In section 106(2), the definition of “heritable security”.
In section 107(3), the words “17(4),”; the words “sections 44 and 45,”; the word “(3)” where it occurs in the entry relating to section 52; and the words “section 105,”.

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