Explanatory note

This Order designates 2 bodies and 3 classes or descriptions of bodies for the purposes of section 31 of the Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980. The bodies designated and any bodies belonging to the classes or descriptions designated become recognised bodies for the purposes of that section. Section 31, as amended by section 9 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 to include recognised bodies, provides that an islands or district council may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, enter into agreements with building societies and recognised bodies providing for indemnities where such societies and bodies grant loans secured by way of heritable securities.