Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

Temporary housing under Act of 1944

10 (1) The [1944 c. 36.] Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944, and any agreement under section 1 of that Act, shall cease to have effect.

(2) So far as any agreement under the said section 1 provides for a payment by a local authority to the Secretary of State, or by the Secretary of State to a local authority, sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect as respects payments to be made for the year 1972-73 and subsequent years.

(3) All rights of property and other rights of the Secretary of State as respects any structure being used by a local authority in pursuance of an agreement under the said section 1 when this Act comes into force, and any obligation of the Secretary of State to any person other than the local authority as respects the removal or demolition of the structure, shall be transferred to the local authority.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) above, all obligations of the Secretary of State as respects any such structure shall be terminated.

(5) The provisions of the Act of 1966 relating to houses provided by a local authority under Part VII of that Act shall continue to have effect in relation to any such structure, and housing accommodation provided in any such structure shall be deemed to have been provided under the said Part VII:

Provided that any such structure, and any land on which it is situated, which immediately before the coming into force of this Act was deemed to be land acquired for the purposes of the said Part VII, may be appropriated, or disposed of, by the local authority in the same way as any other land provided under the said Part VII.

(6) The preceding provisions of this paragraph shall not affect any obligation of a local authority to any other person as respects the removal or demolition of any structure.

(7) Where, under section 2 of the Act of 1944, the local authority have, before the date when this Act comes into force, duly requested the Secretary of State to cause the structure to be taken down and removed, and the local authority have, before that date, satisfied the Secretary of State that they have taken the appropriate steps, including the disconnection of services, to enable the demolition to be carried out safely and efficiently, the Secretary of State shall, notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, comply with the request and subsections (2) and (3) of the said section 2 shall apply as respects structures, fittings and materials removed in compliance with the request.

(8) References in this paragraph to any structure include references to any fittings forming part of the structure.