2007 No. 419

HOUSING

The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Repayment Charge and Discharge) Order 2007

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 174 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 20061 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Repayment Charge and Discharge) Order 2007 and comes into force on 8th October 2007.

Form of repayment charge and discharge

2

A repayment charge must be in the form set out in Schedule 1 or as close to it as circumstances permit.

3

A discharge of a repayment charge must be in the form set out in Schedule 2 or as close to it as circumstances permit.

S MAXWELLA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 1Form of Repayment Charge

Article 2

THE HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006

REPAYMENT CHARGE

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SCHEDULE 2Form of Discharge of Repayment Charge

Article 3

THE HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006

DISCHARGE OR REPAYMENT CHARGE

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(This note is not part of the Order)

The Schedules to this Order set out the form of a repayment charge and the form of a discharge of a repayment charge which can be made by a local authority under Part 7 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.

A local authority is entitled to make a repayment charge to recover a sum under section 59(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 6(1) of schedule 5 to that Act.