Housing (Scotland) Act 1988

11 S In section 64(7) (circumstances where prohibition of landlord’s option to repurchase does not apply)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after the word “sold” there shall be inserted the words “ whether under this Part or otherwise ”;

(b) for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

“(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that an unreasonable proportion of the houses sold consists of houses which have been resold and are not–

(i) being used as the only or principal homes of the owners; or

(ii) subject to regulated tenancies within the meaning of section 8 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 or assured tenancies for the purposes of Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.”.