Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The [1939 c. 31.] Civil Defence Act 1939

83In section 91 (application to Scotland) the following amendments shall be made—

(a)in subsection (2)(a), in the substituted section 11(1), for the words " county or town " there shall be substituted the words " a regional or islands " , and for the substituted section 11(2) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(2)The council of a district shall before exercising any function under this Part of this Act consult with the council of the region within which that district is situated.”;

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for the words from " the council" to " situated " there shall be substituted the words " an islands or district council " and in the proviso for the words from " includes" to the end there shall be substituted the words " means a regional, islands or district council ";

(c)in subsection (2)(c), for the words from " the expression " to the end there shall be substituted the words " other than in section 33 the expression " local authority" means an islands or district council " ;

(d)for subsection (23) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(23)in section 64(1), for the words from the beginning to ' district' there shall be substituted the words ' Any regional, islands or district council'”;

(e)in subsection (26), for the words " small burgh " where they first occur and the words "council of the small burgh to the county " there shall be substituted respectively the word " district " and the words " district council to the regional " and at the end there shall be added the words " and for any reference to a county or a county council there shall be substituted respectively a reference to a region or a regional council ";

(f)in subsection (27), for the words " small burgh " where they first occur there shall be substituted the word " district ", in the substituted subsection (2)(a), for the words " small burgh " and " county " wherever they occur there shall be substituted respectively the words " district " and " regional" and in the substituted subsection (2)(c) for the word " county " there shall be substituted the words " regional or islands ";

(g)in subsection (33) for the words " county or town council" there shall be substituted the words " local authority ";

(h)subsection (2)(d), (e) and (f), in subsection (3) the definitions of " large burgh " and " small burgh " and subsections (15), (18), (19), (25) and (31) shall cease to have effect.