Housing (Scotland) Act 2001

50 Assistance to tenants to obtain other accommodation

(1) Section 66 (schemes for payments to assist local authority tenants to obtain other accommodation) of the 1988 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after “authority” in the third place where it occurs insert “or of a registered social landlord under tenancies of houses situated in the area of the authority”,

(b) for “either” substitute “or of a registered social landlord, by one or more of the following”,

(c) after paragraph (a) insert “or

(aa) by acquiring an interest in land and building a house on the land,”,

(d) paragraph (c) and the preceding “or” are repealed.

(3) After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) A provision of a scheme made in pursuance of subsection (2)(a) above may in particular specify, or provide for the determination of, persons as qualifying tenants by reference to the houses to which the tenancies relate being situated in an area designated as a pressured area under section 61B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26).”

(4) After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) The Scottish Ministers may issue guidance as to the form and content of schemes made by local authorities under this section; and in considering whether to approve any such scheme, the Scottish Ministers shall have regard to the extent to which it complies with any such guidance.”