The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 and comes into force on 13th November 2014.

(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.

Appointed days

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule) is specified in column 3 of the Schedule.

(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 4 of the Schedule, a provision specified in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) only for that purpose.

Transitional provision

3.  The requirements of section 104A (registered social landlord becoming a subsidiary of another body) of the 2010 Act(1) do not apply to any arrangement where a request has been made for the consent of the Scottish Housing Regulator under section 93 (change of constitution) of that Act prior to 20th November 2014.

Saving provisions

4.  Despite the commencement of section 1 (abolition of the right to buy) of the Act, the provisions repealed or modified by subsection (1) of that section and by paragraphs 1, 2, 4(7) and (8), 9, 10(3), (4) and (5)(b), 14 to 16, 18(3), (6) and (7)(a) and 19 of schedule 2 to the Act continue to have effect as they had effect on 31st July 2016 in relation to—

(a) any application to purchase submitted under section 63(1) of the 1987 Act(2) before 1st August 2016;

(b) any contract to purchase, and any purchase, following on from such an application.

5.  Despite the commencement of section 2 (amendment of right to buy provisions) of the Act, section 61F of the 1987 Act applies to any application to purchase submitted under section 63(1) of that Act prior to 20th November 2014, as it applied immediately before that date.

6.  Despite the commencement of paragraph 3 of schedule 2 (minor and consequential repeals: Rent (Scotland) Act 1984) to the Act, Case 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984(3) will apply in relation to any certificate granted by the Scottish Ministers under that case prior to 20th November 2014, as it applied immediately before that date.

M J BURGESS

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th October 2014