Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the works (“the relevant works”) in respect of which local authorities can provide to owners or occupiers of houses professional, technical and administrative services.

The works prescribed are for—

(a)

the provision of the standard amenities, (defined as in Part I of Schedule 18 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987);

(b)

bringing houses up to the tolerable standard, (defined as in section 86(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987);

(c)

the improvement of houses, (“improvement” being defined along the same lines as in section 236 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987);

(d)

repairing houses in a serious state of disrepair;

(e)

making houses suitable for continued occupation by elderly owners or occupiers; and

(f)

improving or adapting houses for elderly or disabled people who although neither owners nor occupiers live or intend to live there.