{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1988/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1988/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/43",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1988",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scottish Homes.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) the Scottish Ministers shall have the general functions of—\n(a) providing, and assisting in the provision of, finance to persons or bodies intending to provide, improve, repair, maintain or manage housing;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) promoting owner-occupation (especially by those seeking to purchase for the first time), the wider ownership of housing by its occupants and a greater choice of tenancy arrangements;\n(d) promoting the provision and improvement of housing and the improvement of management of housing (whether by its occupants or otherwise);\n(e) promoting and assisting the development of social landlords, ... ;\n(f) undertaking, and assisting the undertaking of, the development, redevelopment and improvement of the physical, social, economic and recreational environment related to housing;\n(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1)(2) repealed (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 14(2)(a); S.S.I. 2001/397, 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(3) substituted (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 14(2)(b)(i); S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1(3)(b) repealed (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 14(2)(b)(ii); S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(3)(e) substituted (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 14(2)(b)(iii); S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(3)(e) repealed (1.4.2012) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17), s. 166(2), Sch. 2 para. 4(2); S.S.I. 2012/39, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2) (as amended (1.4.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/91, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 1(3)(g) repealed (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 14(2)(b)(iv); S.S.I. 2001/397, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/43/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:44.940068+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."
}