Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)

PART I S PROVISION OF HOUSING

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-23) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9; S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I

C2 Pt. I modified (1.12.2014 for specified purposes, 1.2.2016 for E. in so far as not already in force) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(4); S.I. 2014/2771, art. 6(1)(m); S.I. 2016/11, art. 2(m)

Management and allocation of local authority’s houses S

17 General management and inspection of local authority’s houses. S

(1) The general management, regulation and control of houses held for housing purposes by a local authority shall be vested in F1 . . . the authority.

(2) A house held for housing purposes by a local authority shall be at all times open to inspection by the local authority for the area in which it is situated or by any officer duly authorised by them.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 17(1) repealed (27.9.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 157(1), 187(2), Sch. 22; S.I. 1993/2163, art. 2, Sch. 1.