The Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2003

Transitional provisions and savings

4.—(1) The case of any application for improvement grant, repairs grant or grant for a means of escape from fire in a house in multiple occupation under Part XIII of the 1987 Act where an application has been approved by a local authority before 1st October 2003.

(2) The case where–

(a) before 1st October 2003, a local authority has–

(i) made an improvement order in respect of a house under section 88 of the 1987 Act;

(ii) passed a draft resolution declaring that the area in which a house is situated is a housing action area under section 90 or 91 of the 1987 Act;

(iii) served a notice in respect of a house under section 108 of the 1987 Act; or

(iv) served a notice in respect of a house under section 162 of the 1987 Act; and

(b) within two years of the date of the order, draft resolution or, as the case may be, service of the notice as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above, the local authority–

(i) make an improvement grant under section 88(7) or section 250(6) of the 1987 Act as a consequence of the order or draft resolution; or

(ii) approve an application for grant under section 248(1)(a) or 249(1)(a) of the 1987 Act,

and the grant applicant elects to accept that grant and has not, prior to that acceptance, made any application under the provisions which are brought into force by this Order.