Local Government and Housing Act 1989

179 Amendment of powers of Scottish Homes to dispose of land

(1) In section 2 of the [1988 c. 43.] Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (which, amongst other things, enables Scottish Homes to dispose of land)—

(a) in subsection (2) (powers of Scottish Homes), after “(3)” there shall be inserted “and (3A)”;

(b) in subsection (3)(b)—

(i) after “above” there shall be inserted the words “, other than the power under paragraph (h) to dispose of land,”; and

(ii) for the word “with” where secondly occurring there shall be substituted the words “between it and”;

(c) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) The power conferred by subsection (2)(h) above upon Scottish Homes to dispose of land may be exercised only with the consent of the Secretary of State (which consent may be given in relation to particular cases or classes of case and may be made subject to conditions).”; and

(d) subsection (6) (certain land not to be disposed of, without consent, for less than best price) shall be omitted.