5In section 4—
(a)in subsection (7)(a) (order affecting right of pre-emption where unreasonable proportion of dwelling-houses in rural area sold other than as principal homes), for the words "the number of dwelling-houses of which the council concerned is the landlord at the date of commencement of this Part of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " all relevant dwelling houses " ; and
(b)after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(7A)For the purposes of subsection (7)(a) above, a " relevant dwelling house " is one of which, at the date of—
(a)commencement of this Part of this Act, the council concerned; or
(b)coming into force of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986, a registered housing association,
is landlord.”.