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(1)In section 76 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (duty of landlords toprovide information to secure tenants)—
(a)in subsection (1)(a)—
(i)for the word “not" there shall be substituted the word “neither"; and
(ii)after the word “house" there shall be inserted the words “nor holdsthe interest of the landlord under a registered lease of the house or of landwhich includes it";
(b)in subsection (2) for the words “heritable proprietor of the house"there shall be substituted the words “either the heritable proprietor of thehouse or the holder of the interest of the landlord under a registered leaseof the house or of land which includes it"; and
(c)in subsection (3)(b) at the end there shall be inserted the words “ora local authority is the holder of the interest of the landlord under aregistered lease of the house or of land which includes it."
(2)After section 84 of that Act there shall be inserted the followingsection—
(1)Sections 61 to 84 (but not 76 or 77) and 216 (the “right to buy"provisions) shall, with the modifications set out in this section, apply soas to provide for—
(a)the acquisition by the tenant of a house let on a secure tenancy of thelandlord’s interest in the house as lessee under a registered lease of thehouse or of land which includes it or as assignee of that interest; and
(b)the obtaining of a loan by the tenant in that connection,
as these sections apply for the purposes of the purchase of a house bythe tenant from the landlord as heritable proprietor of it and the obtainingby the tenant of a loan in that connection.
(2)References in the right to buy provisions to the purchase or sale of ahouse shall be construed respectively as references to the acquisition ordisposal of the landlord’s interest in the house by way of a registeredassignation of that interest and cognate expressions shall be construedaccordingly.
(3)The reference in section 61(2)(b) to the landlord’s being the heritableproprietor of the house shall be construed as a reference to the landlord’sbeing the holder of the interest of the lessee under a registered lease of thehouse or of land which includes it.
(4)References in the right to buy provisions to the market value of or priceto be paid for a house shall be construed respectively as references to themarket value of the landlord’s interest in the house and to the price to bepaid for acquiring that interest.
(5)References in section 64(1) to the tenant’s enjoyment and use of a houseas owner shall be construed as references to his enjoyment and use of it asassignee of the landlord’s interest in the house.
(6)The reference in subsection (4) of section 64 to an option being offeredto the landlord or to any other person to purchase the house in advance of itssale to a third party shall be construed as a reference to an option beingoffered to have the interest acquired by the tenant re-assigned to thelandlord or assigned to the other person in advance of its being disposed ofto a third party; and the references in subsection (5) and (9) of that sectionto an option to purchase shall be construed accordingly.
(7)In this section and section 76—
“registered lease” means a lease—
which is recorded in the general register of sasines; or
in respect of which the interest of the lessee is registered in the LandRegister of Scotland
under the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857; and
“registered assignation” means, in relation to such a lease,an assignation thereof which is so recorded or in respect of which theinterest of the assignee has been so registered.”
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