Article 3 Transitional Provisions and Savings

Notwithstanding the commencement of Part 3 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Act, the references in that Part and that Schedule to a Scottish secure tenancy shall, until such time as the provisions in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Act come into force, be construed as references to a secure tenancy within the meaning of Part III of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987^f1.

Section 61 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 shall, until such time as the provisions in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Act come into force for all purposes, apply, on and after 1st November 2001, to a registered social landlord as it applied to a registered housing association immediately before that date.