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Activity
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Timing
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Action by
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| 1 |
Scottish Executive to issue consultation paper
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end March 2003
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Scottish Executive
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| 2 |
Scottish Executive to conduct bilateral discussions with local authorities,
SFHA and others as requested.
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April, May, June
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Scottish Executive, local authorities and RSLs
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| 3 |
Local authorities and RSLs to respond to consultation paper.
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By end June 2003
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Local authorities and RSLs
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| 4 |
Local authorities and RSLs to begin process of considering impact of
outline standard on their housing stock.
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Summer/Autumn 2003
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Local authorities and RSLs
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| 5 |
Scottish Executive to analyse consultation paper responses and issue
definition of the new standard.
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Summer 2003
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Scottish Executive
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| 6 |
Local authorities and RSLs to analyse the implications of meeting the
standard on the basis of the final definition (reviewing or carrying out
option appraisals covering retention under the Prudential Regime, partial-transfers
or whole-stock transfers).
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Summer 2003 onwards
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Local authorities and RSLs
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| 7 |
Scottish Executive to review the Scottish House Condition Survey results
and determine the target date for meeting the new standard and interim
milestones.
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October 2003
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Scottish Executive
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| 8 |
Local authorities and RSLs to firm up impact of meeting the standard
in light of proposed target date.
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October 2003-April 2004
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Local authorities and RSLs
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| 9 |
Local authorities to submit local housing strategies by April 2004 at
the latest, or by September 2003 for those authorities seeking to take
on the management of Communities Scotland Development Programme.
So far as authorities are able to, these LHSs should set out the strategy
for meeting the standard and provide details of the stock option appraisal
outcomes.
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From September 2003 onwards.
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Local authorities
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| 10 |
Local authorities to submit Prudential Regime financial returns to the
Scottish Executive.
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September 2003
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Local authorities
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| 11 |
Local authorities seeking to get on the first round of the Community
Ownership Programme (and bidding to access regeneration funding) should
aim to submit their proposals (including business case for transfer) to
the SE by April 2004.
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Pre-April 2004
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Local authorities
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| 12 |
Returns from RSLs to Communities Scotland on implications of delivering
the standard.
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April 2004
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RSLs
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| 13 |
Prudential Regime launched. Section 94 of the Local Government (Scotland)
Act 1973 repealed
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April 2004
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Scottish Executive and local authorities
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| 14 |
Final delivery strategies submitted by local authorities to Scottish
Executive
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April 2005
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Local authorities
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| 15 |
Final delivery strategies submitted by RSLs to Communities Scotland.
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April 2005
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RSLs
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| 16 |
Scottish Executive confirms target date
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Summer 2005
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Scottish Executive
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| 17 |
Ongoing monitoring of local authorities’ and RSLs’ progress
to meeting target by Communities Scotland.
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Ongoing
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Communities Scotland with local authorities and RSLs
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