Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

82 Interpretation of this Part. S

In this Part and in sections 14, 19, [F1 and 20], except where provision is made to the contrary,

• “application to purchase” has the meaning assigned to it by section 63;

• “family” and any reference to membership thereof shall be construed in accordance with section 83;

• “fire authority” means a [F2 relevant authority (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5));]

• “heritable proprietor”, in relation to a house, includes any landlord entitled under section 3 of the M1 Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924 (disposition of the dwelling-house etc. by persons uninfeft) to grant a disposition of the house;

• “housing co-operative” has the meaning assigned to it by section 22;

• “landlord” means a person who lets a house to a tenant for human habitation, and includes his successors in title;

• “offer to sell” has the meaning assigned to it by section 63(2) and includes such offer to sell as is mentioned in section 71(1)(d);

• “police authority” means a police authority in Scotland within the meaning of section 2(1) or 19(9)(b) of the M2 Police (Scotland) Act 1967 or a joint police committee constituted by virtue of subsection (2)(b) of the said section 19 and any police authority constituted in England and Wales or Northern Ireland under corresponding legislation;

• F3 . . .

• F3 . . .

• “secure tenancy” means a secure tenancy within the meaning of section 44;

• “tenancy” means any agreement under which a house is made available for occupation for human habitation, and “leases”, “let” and “lets” shall be construed accordingly;

• “tenant” means a person who leases a house from a landlord and who derives his right therein directly from the landlord, and in the case of joint tenancies means all the tenants.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 82 substituted (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(a); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

F2 Words in s. 82 substituted (2.8.2005) by Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5), s. 90, sch. 3 para. 13 (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2005/392, art. 2(k)

F3 Definitions of

“rent to loan purchaser”

and

“rent to loan scheme”

in s. 82 repealed (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(b); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 82 modified (13.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/325, regs. 3, 5, 7, Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1924 c. 27.

M2 1967 c.77.