{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-43A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-43A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/26",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/43A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43A",
  "heading": "Power to modify the meaning of “relevant body”",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the meaning of “relevant body” in section 43 to add or remove a person or a description of a person.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may make—\n(a) different provision for different purposes,\n(b) incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.\n(3) Where the Scottish Ministers propose to make regulations under subsection (1) to add a person or a description of a person, before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing the regulations before the Scottish Parliament, they must consult—\n(a) where a person is proposed to be added, that person or a person who appears to the Scottish Ministers to represent the interests of that person,\n(b) where a description of a person is proposed to be added, a person who appears to the Scottish Ministers to represent the interests of a person of that description.\n(4) Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the affirmative procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 43A inserted (1.4.2026 for the purpose of making regulations) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 52(13), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/26/section/43A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:37.661692+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}