Scottish Statutory Instruments
Housing
Made
8th October 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
12th October 2015
Coming into force
30th November 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 104(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4 and Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into force on 30th November 2015.
2.—(1) The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2015(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In the Schedule, omit the entry for section 25 (third party application in respect of the repairing standard) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 specified in column 1 of the Schedule is specified in column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.
M J BURGESS
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th October 2015
Article 3
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provisions of the Act | Appointed day | Purpose |
| Section 25(1)(a) | 1st December 2015 | For the purpose of the following local authorities making applications under section 22(1A) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006:— |
(a) Dumfries and Galloway Council; (b) Dundee City Council; and (c) Glasgow City Council. | ||
| Section 25(1)(b) to (e) and (2) to (11) | 1st December 2015 | |
| Section 25(1)(a) | 1st April 2016 | For the purpose of the following local authorities making applications under section 22(1A) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006:— |
(a) Aberdeen City Council; (b) Aberdeenshire Council; (c) City of Edinburgh Council; (d) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar; (e) East Ayrshire Council; (f) East Dunbartonshire Council; (g) East Lothian Council; (h) Highland Council; (i) Moray Council; (j) North Ayrshire Council; (k) North Lanarkshire Council; (l) Orkney Islands Council; (m) Renfrewshire Council; (n) Shetland Islands Council; and (o) West Lothian Council. | ||
| Section 25(1)(a) | 1st June 2016 | For all other purposes. |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2015 by omitting the entry in the Schedule relating to section 25 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) prior to the day appointed in that Order for that section coming into force.
Section 25 will now be brought into force by this Order in a staged commencement. There are 3 appointed days for the commencement of section 25(1)(a) which will enable applications to be brought by the particular local authorities specified in relation to each appointed day. The appointed day for the remainder of section 25 is 1st December 2015.
Sections 100, 101, 102, 104 and 105 of the 2014 Act came into force on the day the Bill for that Act received Royal Assent: 1st August 2014.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the 2014 Act have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
| Provision of the 2014 Act | Date of commencement | S.S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1(1) | 1st August 2016 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 1(2) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/164 |
| Section 1(3) (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 1(3) (insofar as not already in force) | 1st July 2017 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 2 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 4(2) (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 6(2) (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 7(1)(b) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 14(1) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 20 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 22 | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 23(1) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 23 (remainder) | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Sections 24 and 26(7) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Sections 26 (remainder) and 27 | 1st December 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 28 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 46 and 61 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 62 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Sections 64 and 65 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 70 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 77 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 82 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 85(3) and (4) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 85 (remainder) | 1st April 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/122 |
| Section 86(1) (partially) | 13th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 86(2) (partially) | 13th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 86 (remainder) | 16th December 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 87 and 88 | 1st April 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/122 |
| Section 89 | 13th July 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Sections 90 to 92 | 1st April 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/122 |
| Section 94 to 96 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 97 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 97 (remainder) | 31st August 2015 | S.S.I. 2015/272 |
| Section 98 | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 103 (partially) | 20th November 2014 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Section 103 (partially) | 1st August 2016 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |
| Schedule 2 (partially) | 1st August 2016 | S.S.I. 2014/264 |