The Homelessness (Decisions on Referrals) (Scotland) Order 1998

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Homelessness (Decisions on Referrals) (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the twenty eighth day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Arrangements for deciding whether conditions for referral are satisfied

2.  The arrangements set out in the Schedule to this Order are those agreed by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, the Local Government Association, the Association of London Government and the Welsh Local Government Association, and shall be the arrangements for the purposes of section 33(4) and (5)(a) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

Revocation and saving

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Housing (Homeless Persons) (Appropriate Arrangements) (No.2) Order 1978(1) is hereby revoked.

(2) The Order referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in any case where a notified authority has, prior to the date on which this Order comes into force, received a notification under–

(a) section 67(1) of the Housing Act 1985(2);

(b) section 33(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; or

(c) section 198(1) of the Housing Act 1996(3).

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th June 1998