Explanatory Notes

Housing (Scotland) Act 2025

2025 asp 13

6 November 2025

Crown Application

Part 8 - Final Provisions

Section 83 - Ancillary provision

200.This section empowers the Scottish Ministers to make, by regulations, ancillary provision for the purposes of, in connection with, or for giving full effect to the 2025 Act or any provision made under it.

201.Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including the 2025 Act itself). The word “enactment” is defined in schedule 1 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 and includes Acts of the Scottish or UK Parliaments as well as secondary legislation.

202.If regulations under this section textually amend an Act then they are subject to the affirmative procedure, but otherwise they are subject to the negative procedure (see sections 28 and 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).