The Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Repayment Charge and Discharge) Order 2007

Made: 6th September 2007

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 7th September 2007

Coming into force: 8th October 2007

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 174 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Repayment Charge and Discharge) Order 2007 and comes into force on 8th October 2007.

Form of repayment charge and discharge

2

A repayment charge must be in the form set out in Schedule 1 or as close to it as circumstances permit.

3

A discharge of a repayment charge must be in the form set out in Schedule 2 or as close to it as circumstances permit.

SCHEDULE 1 — Form of Repayment Charge

THE HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006

SCHEDULE 2 — Form of Discharge of Repayment Charge

THE HOUSING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006

Signed

S MAXWELL — A member of the Scottish Executive — 6th September 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Schedules to this Order set out the form of a repayment charge and the form of a discharge of a repayment charge which can be made by a local authority under Part 7 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.

A local authority is entitled to make a repayment charge to recover a sum under section 59(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 6(1) of schedule 5 to that Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 asp 1.