Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)

PART I S PROVISION OF HOUSING

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-23) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9; S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I

Duties and powers of local authorities S

4 Power of local authority to provide furniture, etc. S

(1) A local authority—

(a) may fit out, furnish and supply any house erected, converted or acquired by them under section 2 with all requisite furniture, fittings and conveniences;

(b) shall have power to sell, or to supply under a hire-purchase agreement, furniture to the occupants of houses provided by the local authority and, for that purpose, to buy furniture.

(2) In this section “hire-purchase agreement” means a hire-purchase or conditional sale agreement within the meaning of the M1 Consumer Credit Act 1974.

Marginal Citations

M1 1974 c. 39.