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The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2018

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2.  Domestic premises in Scotland are “social housing” if the premises are let below the market rate and—

(a)the relevant interest in the premises is registered as belonging to a social landlord; or

(b)if no relevant interest in the premises has been registered, the premises are let by a social landlord other than under a lease granted pursuant to sections 61 to 84 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(1), as modified by section 84A of that Act(2).

(1)

1987 c.26. Sections 61 to 84 were amended by sections 3 and 65 of, and Schedules 2, 8, 9 and 10 to, the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43), sections 168 and 176 of, and Schedules 11 and 12 to, the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42), sections 144, 145, 157 of, and Schedule 22 to, the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28), Schedules 13 and 14 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 2 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.11), Schedule 18 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38), sections 42 to 49, 51 and 108 of, and Schedule 10 to, the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10), Schedule 7 to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), sections 140 to 144 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17), section 113 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 1) and S.I. 2000/2040. Sections 61 to 81 and 84 are repealed by section 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), subject to savings made by S.S.I. 2014/264.

(2)

Section 84A was inserted by section 178 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42). It was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 10 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. Section 84A is repealed by section 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014, subject to savings made by S.S.I. 2014/264.

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