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[F16E+W+SIn section 10(2)—
(a)in paragraph (b) for the words “2 to 7 of Schedule 1 to the Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980” there shall be substituted the words “ 1 to 8 of Schedule 2 to the M1Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 ”;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 6 repealed (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, ss. 112, 113(1), Sch. 10 para. 14(15); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)
F2Sch. 9 paras. 6(b) and 7 repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18
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7E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 9 paras. 6(b) and 7 repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18
[F48E+W+SIn section 39, in the definition of “secure tenancy” for the words “section 10 of the Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980” there shall be substituted the words “ 44 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 ”.]
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 9 para. 8 repealed (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, ss. 112, 113(1), Sch. 10 para. 14(15); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)
[F59E+W+SIn section 106(2) for the definition of “shared ownership agreement” there shall be substituted the following definition–
““shared ownership agreement” means an agreement whereby–
(a)a pro indiviso right in a dwelling is sold to a person and the remaining pro indiviso rights therein are leased to him subject to his being entitled, from time to time, to purchase those remaining rights until he has purchased the entire dwelling; or
(b)pro indiviso rights in dwellings are conveyed to trustees to hold on behalf of persons each of whom, by purchasing a share in those dwellings, becomes entitled to exclusive occupancy of one of the dwellings but with any such person who wishes to sell or otherwise dispose of his share being required to do so through the agency of the trustees,
or such other agreement as may be approved whereby a person acquires a pro indiviso right in a dwelling or dwellings and thereby becomes entitled to exclusive occupancy of the dwelling or, as the case may be, one of the dwellings; ”.]
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 9 para. 9 repealed (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, ss. 112, 113(1), Sch. 10 para. 14(15); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)
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