The Housing Grants (Form of Notice of Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

Made: 26th June 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 27th June 2003

Coming into force: 1st October 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 330 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and revocation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Grants (Form of Notice of Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

• (2) Form 5 as set out in the list of forms in the Schedule to the Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1980[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Form of Notice of Payment

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The form of the notice contained in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed as the form of notice to be used for the purposes of sections 246(7), 248(5) and 249(6) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

SCHEDULE

NOTICE OF PAYMENT OF [IMPROVEMENT GRANT] [REPAIRS GRANT] [GRANT FOR MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM FIRE FOR A HOUSE IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION]

Signed

MARGARET CURRAN — A member of the Scottish Executive — 26th June 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the form of the notice that a local authority is required to register in the Land Register or the General Register of Sasines in respect of payment of an improvement or repairs grant, or a grant for fire escapes for a house in multiple occupation.

The Regulations revoke the existing form of notice set out as Form 5 in the list of forms in the Schedule to the Housing (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1980.

The Schedule to the Regulations sets out the form of the notice. The notice specifies the conditions which must be observed, the period for which these conditions must be observed and the results of a breach of these conditions.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1987 c. 26. See section 338 of the Housing (Scotland) 1987 Act for the definition of “prescribed”. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1980/1647, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.