Housing (Scotland) Act 1986

2 Increased discount where dwelling-house purchased is a flat

(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, in section 1(5)(b) of the 1980 Act (discount for purposes of calculation of purchase price of dwelling-house)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (i), after the words " 32 per cent," there shall be inserted the words " , or where the dwelling-house is a flat 44 per cent., ";

(b) in sub-paragraph (ii), after the words " one per cent." there shall be inserted the words " , or where the dwelling-house is a flat two per cent., ";

(c) after the words "60 per cent." there shall be inserted the words " , or where the dwelling-house is a flat 70 per cent., "; and

(d) at the end there shall be added the words " For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph a " flat " is a separate and self-contained set of premises, whether or not on the same floor, forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally.".

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, in section 9A of the 1980 Act (application of Part I of that Act when dwelling-house is repurchased as defective), after the words "' 30 per cent.';" there shall be inserted the words " (AA) for the words ' 44 per cent.' there shall be substituted the words ' 40 per cent.'; ".

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall have no effect as regards the exercise of a right to purchase by application under section 2(1) of the 1980 Act if the offer to sell has been duly served (whether by the landlord or, under section 7(3)(a) of that Act, by the Lands Tribunal for Scotland) before the date of coming into force of this section.