Housing (Scotland) Act 2025

79 Power to make provision about the declaration of a national housing emergency

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with the declaration of a national housing emergency by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision about—

(a) the meaning of a national housing emergency for the purpose of the regulations,

(b) the circumstances in which a national housing emergency may or must be declared by the Scottish Ministers,

(c) the effect of declaring a national housing emergency, including any action that may or must be taken by the Scottish Ministers following such a declaration,

(d) the conferral of powers on the Scottish Ministers to obtain information for the purpose of, or in connection with, enabling or assisting the Scottish Ministers in taking any such action,

(e) the enforcement of these powers,

(f) the circumstances in which a national housing emergency that has been declared ceases to apply.

(3) The Scottish Ministers must, before the end of the period of 18 months beginning with the day on which subsection (1) comes into force, lay before the Scottish Parliament a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under that subsection.