7In section 145 (powers of dealing with land acquired or appropriated for purposes of Part VII), for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(6)Notwithstanding anything in section 27(1) of the [1959 c. 70.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 (power of local and other public authority to dispose of land without consent of a Minister), a local authority shall not, in the exercise of their powers under subsection (1)(d) of this section, sell or lease any house to which the housing revenue account, kept under section 23 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972, relates, except with the consent of the Secretary of State ; and, in giving his consent to such transactions as are referred to in this subsection, the Secretary of State may make general directions or a direction related to a specific transaction.”