Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

11 In section 195 (default powers of Secretary of State in relation to rents)—

(a) for subsection (3)(b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) for ensuring compliance by the local authority with the requirements of Part II of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 ;”;

(b) in subsection (5) the words " subject to subsection (6) of this section " shall cease to have effect, and for the words " subsections (4) or (5) of section 151 of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " section 27 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972. ";

(c) subsection (6) shall cease to have effect.

(d) in subsection (7), after the words "supplementary order" there shall be inserted the words " or an order under subsection (4A) above ", and at the end there shall be added the words " and the provisions which may be included in an order by virtue of that section shall include any matters connected with the coming into force of such an order or its termination ";

(e) after subsection (7) there shall be added the following subsection—

“(8) Section 356(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 shall have effect for the purposes of this section as if for -the words from 'have failed' to 'statutory order' there were substituted the words— ' (a) have failed effectively to discharge any of their functions under Part II, III or IV of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 ; or

(b) have failed so to discharge any function conferred on them by that Act or any other enactment as to secure the effective discharge of any of their functions under those Parts of that Act;'”.