Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957

21 Registers of rents of dwellings provided or improved with the assistance of improvement grants

(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority to make and keep a register, in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations made in accordance with section one hundred and seventy-three of the principal Act, in which they shall record in relation to every dwelling to which section one hundred and fourteen of the principal Act (which relates to the conditions to be observed with respect to dwellings in respect of the provision or improvement of which improvement grants have been made) applies—

(a) the amount to which the rent is limited by virtue of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of that section;

(b) any increase of the said amount authorised by virtue of section one hundred and eighteen of the principal Act;

(c) any reduction of the said amount effected by virtue of subsection (2) of section sixteen of, and paragraph 9 of the Third Schedule to, the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956; and

(d) such other information as may be prescribed in the regulations.

(2) A register kept by a local authority under this section shall be made available for inspection by the public at the principal office of the authority during all normal business periods.

(3) Regulations made under this section may provide for the issue by a local authority of extracts of entries in the register kept by them under this section, and for the charging by the local authority of a fee, not exceeding one shilling, in respect of each entry contained in any extract issued in accordance therewith; and any extract so issued shall be evidence of the matters set out therein.