PART 3

REGULATION OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
CHAPTER 1

REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS

Disposal of land and related matters

Consent required for disposal of land by registered social landlord
66
1
The written consent of the Scottish Ministers is required for any disposal of land by a registered social landlord under section 65.
2
The consent of the Scottish Ministers may be given—
a
generally to all registered social landlords or to a particular landlord or description of landlords,
b
in relation to particular land or a particular description of land,
c
in relation to a particular disposal or a particular description of disposal,
and may be given subject to conditions.
3
In considering whether to give consent under this section the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the views expressed by those consulted under section 68.
4
A disposal by a landlord which requires consent under this section is valid in favour of a person claiming under the landlord despite that consent not having been given; and a person dealing with the landlord, or with a person claiming under the landlord, is not concerned to see or inquire whether any such consent has been given.
5
Where at the time of its removal from the register of social landlords a body owns land, this section continues to apply to that land after the removal as if the body concerned continued to be a registered social landlord.
6
In this section, “disposal” means sale, lease, heritable security, charge or any other disposal.