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(1)It shall be the duty of every local authority to bring into operation not later than 1st January 1973 a scheme for granting to private tenants who occupy as their homes houses in the authority's district allowances, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the scheme by reference to their needs and their resources, towards the rent payable under their tenancies.
(2)A scheme under this section is referred to in this Act as an " allowance scheme ".
(3)In this Part of this Act " private tenant" means a person who is a protected tenant or a statutory tenant for the purposes of the Act of 1971 (including a person who is a tenant of accommodation which is deemed to be a dwelling-house let on a protected tenancy or subject to a statutory tenancy under section 119(1) of that Act).
(4)A person is also a private tenant if he occupies a house let to him by—
(a)a joint board or joint committee as respectively defined by the [1947 c. 43.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, or the common good of a burgh or any trust under the control of a local authority as defined in that Act,
(b)the Housing Corporation,
(c)a housing association,
(d)a housing trust within the meaning of section 5 of the Act of 1971 or any authorised society within the meaning of the [1914 c. 31.] Housing Act 1914,
under a tenancy which would be a protected tenancy but for the said section 5.
(5)A person is also a private tenant if he occupies a house let to him by the Crown Estate Commissioners and his tenancy would be a protected tenancy but for section 4 of the Act of 1971.
(6)A local authority shall treat as if he were a private tenant any person who occupies a house let by them other than a house to which the housing revenue account relates and who would be entitled to a rebate if he occupied a house to which the housing revenue account relates.
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