Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The M1Civil Defence Act 1939S

Marginal Citations

83SIn 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.