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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 172

Title Conditions

The Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Amendment Order 2019

Made

16th May 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

20th May 2019

Coming into force

30th June 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 43(5) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

They are satisfied as to the matters mentioned in section 43(6)(2) of that Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Amendment Order 2019 and comes into force on 30 June 2019.

Amendment of the list of prescribed rural housing bodies

2.—(1) The schedule of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004(3) (rural housing bodies prescribed under section 43(5) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003) is amended as follows.

(2) Before “Barra and Vatersay Housing Association Limited” insert—

Arran Development Trust.

ASH DENHAM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

16th May 2019

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the list of prescribed rural housing bodies in the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004 to include the company Arran Development Trust. Rural housing bodies are bodies in favour of which it is competent to create a rural housing burden comprising a right of pre-emption under section 43(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.

A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government, Civil Law and Legal System Division, GW. 15, St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG.

(2)

Section 43(6) was amended by section 25 of, and paragraph 12(b) of schedule 4 of the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11).