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SCHEDULE 9Minor and Consequential Amendments

THE HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1968 (C. 31)

16In section 25 (advances to Scottish Special Housing Association) for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(6)Any reference in this section to a house shall be construed as including a reference to any residential accommodation provided for occupation by not more than two persons and equipped with cooking facilities for the exclusive use of those persons, notwithstanding that it is not equipped with facilities of other kinds for such exclusive use.

In this subsection the expression " cooking faculties" in relation to any residential accommodation means facilities suitable for the preparation of food for the number of persons for which the accommodation is provided, and if any question arises whether any particular facilities fall within that description it shall be decided by the Secretary of State.