Scottish Statutory Instruments
HOUSING
Made
19th October 2007
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
25th October 2007
Coming into force
20th November 2007
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 190 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2007 and comes into force on 20th November 2007.
2.—(1) In each statutory instrument referred to in column 1 of the Schedule, where “rent assessment” appears in each of the provisions listed in column 2, substitute “private rented housing”.
(2) In paragraph 6 of the form of notice in the Schedule to the Assured Tenancies (Rent Book) (Scotland) Regulations 1988(2)–
(a)for the heading substitute “Determination by a private rented housing committee”; and
(b)in subparagraphs (1) and (2), for “RAC” substitute “private rented housing committee”.
S MAXWELL
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th October 2007
Article 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Statutory Instrument | Provisions |
| The Assured Tenancies (Rent Book) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 | The form of notice in the Schedule, in note 1 and paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 |
| The Assured Tenancies (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1988(3) | In the Schedule in the List of Forms and in Forms AT1(L), AT1(T), AT2, AT3(L), AT3(T), AT4, AT5, AT6, AT7, AT8 and AT9 |
| The Rent Assessment Committee (Assured Tenancies) (Scotland) Regulations 1989(4) | The definition of “committee” in regulation 2 |
| The Assured Tenancies (Rent Information) (Scotland) Order 1989(5) | Articles 2, 3, 4, the title to the Schedule and paragraph 10 of the Schedule |
| The Rent Regulation (Forms and Information etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 1991(6) | Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 4, and in the Notes in Form No. 1 and in Form Nos. 6 and 7 of Schedule 5 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes amendments to 5 statutory instruments to replace references to “rent assessment panel” and “rent assessment committee” with “private rented housing panel” and “private rented housing committee” respectively. The amendments are consequential upon section 21 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1), which makes provision for the names of the panel and committee.
Paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 16, 17 and 19 of Schedule 6 to that Act made similar consequential amendments to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58), the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43), the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53) and the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (asp 11).