Regulation 2 Local authority which may apply for approval
A local authority may apply to the Scottish Ministers for an area to be designated as an EEA where it considers that the area is characterised by—
(a)
an overprovision or a concentration of private rented housing that appears to the local authority to be—
(i)
of a poor environmental standard;
(ii)
overcrowded; and
(b)
a prevalence of antisocial behaviour, as defined by section 81(4) of the 2004 Act.