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        Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        PART 1 HOMELESSNESS AND ALLOCATION OF HOUSING
        1 Homelessness strategies
        2 Advice on homelessness etc.
        3 Homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness
        4 Review of decisions
        5 Duty of registered social landlord to provide accommodation
        6 Duty of registered social landlord: further provision
        7 Persons living in hostel and other short-term accommodation
        8 Common housing registers
        9 Housing lists
        10 Allocation of housing
        PART 2 TENANTS OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
        CHAPTER 1 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES
        Creation and termination of tenancy
        11 Scottish secure tenancy
        12 Restriction on termination of tenancy
        13 Termination of joint tenant's interest in tenancy
        14 Proceedings for possession
        15 Rights of qualifying occupiers in possession proceedings
        16 Powers of court in possession proceedings
        17 Abandoned tenancies
        18 Repossession
        19 Tenant's recourse to court
        20 Abandonment by joint tenant
        21 Joint tenancies: abandoning tenant's recourse to court
        Succession
        22 Succession to Scottish secure tenancy
        Tenancy agreement and information
        23 Tenant's right to written tenancy agreement and information
        Variation
        24 Restriction on variation of tenancy
        25 Increase in rent or charges
        26 Variation of tenancy by court order
        Repairs and improvements
        27 Repairs
        28 Landlord's consent to work
        29 Reimbursement of cost of work
        30 Right to compensation for improvements
        31 Effect of work on rent
        Assignation, subletting and exchanges
        32 Assignation, subletting etc.
        33 Exchange of house
        Short Scottish secure tenancies
        34 Short Scottish secure tenancies
        35 Conversion to short Scottish secure tenancy
        36 Recovery of possession
        37 Conversion to Scottish secure tenancy
        Miscellaneous and general
        38 Appeals
        39 Application of sections 23 to 33 to other tenancies
        40 Notices
        41 Interpretation of Chapter 1
        CHAPTER 2 RIGHT TO BUY
        42 The qualifying conditions
        43 Exemptions from right to buy
        44 Limitation on right to buy: registered social landlords
        45 Limitation on right to buy: pressured areas
        46 Limitation on right to buy: arrears of rent, council tax etc.
        47 Limitation on right to buy: conduct
        48 Houses liable to demolition
        49 Discounts
        50 Assistance to tenants to obtain other accommodation
        51 Right to buy: miscellaneous repeals
        52 Reports on right to buy
        CHAPTER 3 TENANT PARTICIPATION
        53 Tenant participation
        54 Consultation with tenants and registered tenant organisations
        55 Tenant management agreements
        56 Tenant management agreements: further provision
        PART 3 REGULATION OF SOCIAL LANDLORDS
        CHAPTER 1 REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
        Registration
        57 The register of social landlords
        58 Eligibility for registration
        59 Registration
        60 Removal from the register
        61 Criteria for registration or removal from register
        62 Appeal against decision on registration or removal
        Regulation
        63 Regulation of registered social landlords
        64 Insolvency etc. of registered social landlords
        Disposal of land and related matters
        65 Power of registered social landlord to dispose of land
        66 Consent required for disposal of land by registered social landlord
        67 Disposals not requiring consent
        68 Disposals of land: consultation with tenants
        Housing management
        69 Inspections
        70 Inspection reports
        71 Appointment of manager
        CHAPTER 2 LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING MANAGEMENT
        72 Inspections
        73 Inspection reports
        74 Remedial plans
        75 Remedial plans: appointment of manager
        CHAPTER 3 COMMON PROVISIONS
        Disposals of tenanted houses: consultation and consent
        76 Disposals of tenanted houses: consultation and consent
        Information
        77 Power to obtain information
        78 Power to obtain information: further provision
        Guidance
        79 Issue of guidance by the Scottish Ministers
        Code of good practice
        80 Code of good practice
        Charges for regulatory functions
        81 Charges for regulatory functions of the Scottish Ministers
        CHAPTER 4 INTERPRETATION OF PART 3
        82 Meaning of"subsidiary" and"associate"
        83 Interpretation of Part 3
        PART 4 SCOTTISH HOMES
        84 Transfer of functions to the Scottish Ministers
        85 Property and liabilities
        [86 Transfer of staff]
        87 Dissolution etc.
        PART 5 STRATEGIC HOUSING FUNCTIONS
        The Scottish Ministers
        88 Statement on fuel poverty
        Local authorities
        89 Local housing strategies
        90 Grants for housing purposes
        91 Grants for housing support services
        92 Assistance for housing purposes
        93 Assistance for housing purposes: further provision
        94 Alteration of housing finance arrangements
        Meaning of"fuel poverty"
        95 Meaning of"fuel poverty"
        [PART 6 GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT, REPAIRS ETC.]
        [Improvement grants]
        [96 Extension of power to make improvement grants]
        [97 Application for grant]
        [98 Age of buildings eligible for grant]
        [99 Applicant's contribution to expense of works]
        [100 Approval of application]
        [101 Amount of grant]
        [102 Improvement grants: the tolerable standard and standard amenities]
        [Repairs grants]
        [103 Amount of repairs grant]
        [Fire escape grants]
        [104 Grants for means of escape from fire]
        [Improvement of energy efficiency and safety]
        [105 Improvement of energy efficiency and safety]
        PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
        Miscellaneous
        106 Equal opportunities
        107 Local authority maintenance of houses etc. of registered social landlord
        108 Meaning of"family" and"spouse": cohabitation
        General
        109 Orders and regulations
        110 Ancillary provision
        111 Interpretation
        112 Modification of enactments
        113 Commencement and short title
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 TENANCIES WHICH ARE NOT SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCIES
        SCHEDULE 2 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: GROUNDS FOR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF HOUSE
        PART 1 GROUNDS ON WHICH COURT MAY ORDER RECOVERY OF POSSESSION
        PART 2 SUITABILITY OF ACCOMMODATION
        SCHEDULE 3 SUCCESSION TO SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: QUALIFIED PERSONS
        SCHEDULE 4 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: LANDLORD'S REPAIRING OBLIGATIONS
        SCHEDULE 5 SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY: ALTERATIONS, ASSIGNATION, SUBLETTING, EXCHANGE ETC.
        PART 1 ALTERATIONS ETC. TO HOUSE
        PART 2 ASSIGNATION, SUBLETTING, EXCHANGE ETC.
        SCHEDULE 6 GROUNDS FOR GRANTING SHORT SCOTTISH SECURE TENANCY
        SCHEDULE 7 REGULATION OF REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
        PART 1 CONTROL OF PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS ETC.
        PART 2 CONSTITUTION, CHANGE OF RULES, AMALGAMATION AND DISSOLUTION
        PART 3 ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
        PART 4 INQUIRY INTO AFFAIRS OF REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
        SCHEDULE 8 INSOLVENCY ETC. OF REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
        SCHEDULE 9 CONSULTATION BEFORE CERTAIN DISPOSALS BY LOCAL AUTHORITY LANDLORD OR REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORD
        SCHEDULE 10 MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS

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