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The Right to Purchase (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1994

S.I. 1994/2097 · Made 4 August 1994

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HOUSING, SCOTLAND

Made 4th August 1994

Laid before Parliament 16th August 1994

Coming into force 6th September 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 61(11)(w) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 26.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of 1993 Order
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Right to Purchase (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1994 and shall come into force on 6th September 1994.

2Amendment of 1993 Order

At the end of the list of prescribed persons in article 2 of the Right to Purchase (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Order 1993f1, there shall be added the name “Weslo Housing Management Limited”.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th August 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 qualification for the right to purchase and entitlement to discount depend inter alia on occupation as a tenant of a house or of a succession of houses provided by the public sector landlords mentioned in section 61(11) of that Act. Paragraph (w) of section 61(11) states that in addition to the persons specifically mentioned in section 61(11) the Secretary of State may prescribe other persons by Order. This Order adds another person to the list of prescribed persons in the Right to Purchase (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Order 1993.