Housing (Scotland) Act 1986

1 Extension of right to purchase and of " secure tenancy ",

(1) In section 1(3) of the 1980 Act (dwelling-houses to which right to purchase applies), for the words " of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (f)" there shall be substituted the words " paragraph, other than (g), ".

(2) In section 10(2) of the 1980 Act (landlords in secure tenancies)—

(a) after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa) a regional council, or a joint board or joint committee of two or more regional councils, or any trust under the control of a regional council ;”; and

(b) after paragraph (g) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“(h) a police authority within the meaning of section 2(1), as read with subsection (9)(b) of section 19, of the [1967 c. 77.] Police (Scotland) Act 1967 or a joint police committee constituted by virtue of subsection (2)(b) of the said section 19 ; and

(i) a fire authority in Scotland for the purposes of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959 (or a joint committee constituted by virtue of section 3 6 (4) (b) of the [1947 c. 41.] Fire Services Act 1947).”.