Construction of references to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration3.

(1)

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in the Scotland Act 1998 and any other enactment (except the Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 18573) to an office-holder in the Scottish Administration are to be taken to include a reference to the Scottish Housing Regulator.

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies whether or not the enactment defines the expression “office-holder in the Scottish Administration” by reference to the Scotland Act 1998 or any specific provision of that Act.