PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 2 RIGHT TO BUY

I152 Reports on right to buy

1

The Scottish Ministers—

a

must, within 4 years of the coming into force of this section, and

b

may, from time to time thereafter,

prepare and publish a report on the matters set out in subsection (2).

2

Those matters are—

a

the extent to which tenants have exercised their rights under Part III of the 1987 Act to purchase the houses which are the subject of the tenancies, and

b

the effect of the exercise of those rights on—

i

the nature and condition of the housing stock,

ii

the needs of persons for housing accommodation, and

iii

the demand for, and availability of, housing accommodation.