Section 72 (duty of other authorities to co-operate with local housing authority) applies to a request by a housing authority in Scotland under section 9(1) of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 197738 of the Act of 1987 as it applies to a request by a local housing authority in England or Wales.
In this Part, in relation to Scotland—
"local housing authority" means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and references to the district of such an authority are to the area of that council,
"social services authority" means a local authority for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, that is to say, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
and in section 72(a) (requests for co-operation) "new town corporation" includes a development corporation established under the New Towns (Scotland) 1968.