The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2001

Made: 27th September 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 109(2) and 113(1) and (2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2001.

• (2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

Commencement of Provisions

2

• (1) This article has effect subject to the provisions of article 3 below.

• (2) The provisions of the Act which are specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st October 2001.

• (3) The provisions of the Act which are specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st November 2001 but, where a particular purpose in relation to any such provision is specified in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day only for that purpose.

Transitional Provisions and Savings

3

• (1) Notwithstanding the commencement of Part 3 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Act, the references in that Part and that Schedule to a Scottish secure tenancy shall, until such time as the provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Act come into force, be construed as references to a secure tenancy within the meaning of Part III of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987[^f00002].

• (2) Section 61 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 shall, until such time as the provisions in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act come into force for all purposes, apply, on and after 1st November 2001, to a registered social landlord as it applied to a registered housing association immediately before that date.

SCHEDULE

PART I — PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST OCTOBER 2001

Sections 1, 2, 88, 95, 108 and 111.

PART II — PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST NOVEMBER 2001

Signed

J BAILLIE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 27th September 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force various provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

Article 2 (2) and Part I of the Schedule bring into force on 1st October 2001 the provisions listed in that Part.

Article 2 (3) and Part II of the Schedule bring into force on 1st November 2001 the provisions listed in that Part, subject to any restriction of purpose specified.

Article 3 makes transitional and savings provisions.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2001 asp 10.

[^f00002]: 1987 c. 26.