—For section 2 of the [1975 c. 28.] Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975 there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)The Secretary of State may by order limit or restrict any increase—
(a)in income receivable from the standard rent of any house or any part share thereof,
(b)in average income receivable from the standard rents of all houses or part shares of houses,
to which a local authority's housing revenue account relates.
(2)An order under this section may contain such supplementary and incidental provisions as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(3)An order under this section shall lapse at the expiry of 12 months from the date of its commencement, unless such order has been renewed by a subsequent order made before the expiry of the said 12 months.
(4)An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made under this section.”.