Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

71 Financial assistance towards tenants' removal expenses

(1) A local authority for the purposes of Part VII of the Act of 1966 shall, in the performance of the functions of management of houses conferred on them by section 149(1) of that Act, have power, subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, in every case where a tenant of a house to which the housing revenue account relates moves to another house, whether or not that other house is also owned by the local authority—

(a) to pay any expenses of the removal ;

(b) where the tenant is purchasing the house, to pay any expenses incurred by him in connection with the purchase other than the purchase price.

(2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall only apply in a case where a tenant of a house to which the housing revenue account relates moves to another house of the local authority if that house has never been let.

(3) A local authority may make their payment of expenses in connection with the purchase of a house subject to such conditions as they think fit.

(4) Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of section 160 of the Act of 1966 (which gives a local authority power in certain circumstances to pay reasonable allowances to persons displaced from buildings).