Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

1 (1) For subsection (1) of section 3 there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(1) A register of housing associations shall be maintained by each of the following, namely—

(a) the Housing Corporation; and

(b) Scottish Homes,

(in this Part referred to as registration authorities) and shall be open to inspection at their head office at all reasonable times.

(1A) In this Part—

• “the register”—

  (a)

  in relation to a registration authority, means the register maintained under this section by that authority;

  (b)

  in relation to a housing association which is registered or eligible for registration in a register maintained under this section, means that register;

• “the registration authority”, in relation to a housing association which is registered or eligible for registration in a register maintained under this section, means the registration authority by whom that register is maintained.”.

(2) In subsection (2) of that section for the words “the register of housing associations” there shall be substituted the words “a register”.