{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2010/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2010/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/17",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Effect of moratorium",
  "text": "(1) During a moratorium a registered social landlord's land may not be disposed of without the Regulator's consent.\n(2) Subsection (1)—\n(a) applies to disposals by the registered social landlord and by any other person having power to dispose of the registered social landlord's land, but\n(b) does not apply to a disposal of a type mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (g) and (i) to (k) of section 108(1).\n(3) The Regulator's consent to a disposal may be given—\n(a) before or after the moratorium begins,\n(b) subject to such conditions as the Regulator considers appropriate.\n(4) A purported disposal during a moratorium without consent is void.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(2)(b) substituted (8.3.2019) by Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 13), ss. 3(2), 11(2); S.S.I. 2018/253, reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 78 in force at 1.4.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/39, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/17/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:17.618295+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."
}