Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975

The [1973 c. 56.] Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973

9 In section 27 (right to home loss payments where person displaced from dwelling)—

(1) For paragraph (d) of subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(d) the carrying out of any improvement to the dwelling or of redevelopment on the land by a housing association which has previously acquired the land and at the date of the displacement is registered,”.

(2) At the end of subsection (2) there shall be added (but not as part of paragraph (b)) the words " and in a case within subsection (1)(d) above, unless the displacement occurred on or after 31st July 1974 (on which date the [1974 c. 44.] Housing Act 1974 was passed). ".

(3) At the beginning of subsection (9) there shall be inserted the words " Subject to subsection (2) above, ".

10 In section 34 (disturbance payments for persons without compensatable interests)—

(1) For paragraph (d) of subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(d) the carrying out of any improvement to a house or building on the land or of redevelopment on the land by a housing association which has previously acquired the land and at the date of the displacement is registered,”.

(2) At the end of subsection (2)(c) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(d) in a case within subsection (1)(d) above, unless the displacement occurred on or after 31st July 1974 (on which date the Housing Act 1974 was passed).”.

(3) At the beginning of subsection (9) there shall be inserted the words " Subject to subsection (2)(d) above, ".

11 In section 80(1) (general interpretation) the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate places—

• " housing association " has the meaning assigned to it by section 208(1) of the [1966 c. 49.] Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 ;

• " registered ", in relation to a housing association, means registered in the register of housing associations established under section 13 of the Housing Act 1974 ;