
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Grants for Fire Escapes in Houses in Multiple Occupation) (Prescribed Percentage) (Scotland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order–
 “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.
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This Order shall apply in relation to any application for a grant for a fire escape under section 249 of the Act duly made on or after the date of coming into force of this Order.
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In section 249(4) of the Act there is prescribed in place of the percentage there specified a percentage of 20 per cent.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th October 1990We consent
Irvine Patnick
Thomas Sackville
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th November 1990