Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

20 In section 58 (power of Secretary of State to reduce, suspend, discontinue or transfer particular exchequer contributions)—

(a) in subsection (5)—

(i) before the definition of " the subsidised unit" there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “" recipient authority " means a local authority, a development corporation, a housing association or the Scottish Special Housing Association,”

(ii) the words from " and the provisions " to the end shall cease to have effect;

(b) after subsection (5) there shall be added the following subsection—

“(6) References in this section to

(a) authorised arrangements made with a local authority, in relation to a development corporation or a housing association, are references to arrangements made between the development corporation or a housing association and a local authority, with the approval of the Secretary of State, under section 153 of the principal Act;

(b) special arrangements made by a housing association with the Secretary of State are references to arrangements which the Secretary of State may have made with a housing association for the provision of houses with a view to their approval under this Act or any Act passed before the Housing (Financial Provisions etc.) (Scotland) Act 1967.”