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1994 No. 2850 (C.63) (S.145)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND

The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (Commencement No.1) Order 1994

Made

7th November 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 182(2) and 184(2) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1994.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Days appointed

2.  8th November 1994 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule).

3.  4th January 1995 is the day appointed for the coming into force of–

(a)the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in column 2 of that Schedule);

(b)section 180 of the Act, so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedules 13 and 14 to the Act specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) below;

(c)in Schedule 13 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments)–

(i)paragraph 3;

(ii)paragraph 4(1) and (3);

(iii)paragraph 27(1), (2) and (3)(a)(i);

(iv)paragraph 60(1) and (3)(a) to (c);

(v)paragraph 71(1) and (6);

(vi)paragraph 75(1), (2)(b), (d) and (e), (13)(a)(ii), (14), (17)(d), (18)(c), (19)(b), (20) and (24);

(vii)paragraph 92(1), (20), (22), (26), (27), (60) and (70);

(viii)paragraph 95(1) and (2)(a), (b) and (d);

(ix)paragraph 100(1) and (9)(f) and (g);

(x)paragraph 119(1), (5)(d), (7)(c)(ii), (34), (36), (42) to (45), (46) (so far as that sub-paragraph relates to the definition of “wholesome” in section 76L(1) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980(2)), (51) and (53)(a)(iv) and (vi);

(xi)paragraph 129(1) and (20)(b);

(xii)paragraph 156(1), (3) and (4);

(xiii)paragraph 176(1) and (19)(c) and (d); and

(xiv)paragraph 177; and

(d)the repeals in Schedule 14 to the Act specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.

Modifications

4.—(1) The relevant provisions (being provisions amended or as the case may be added by provisions in the Act brought into force by article 3 of this Order) shall in the period from 4th January 1995 until 1st April 1996 apply as if modified by the substitution of the word “local” for the word “sewerage” in each place where that word appears in the relevant provisions (those modifications being such as appear to the Secretary of State requisite having regard to the fact that other provisions of Part II of, and Schedule 13 to, the Act are not for the time being in effect).

(2) In paragraph (1) above, “the relevant provisions” means–

(a)sections 1(2) and (4), 3A, 16A, 20(5), 22(2A), 23 and 48 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968(3); and

(b)section 32(2) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(4).

Ian Lang

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th November 1994

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1994

Column 1Column 2
Provision of the ActSubject matter
Section 1Local government areas in Scotland
Section 5Elections and term of office of councillors
Section 7Establishment of new local authorities and supplementary provisions
Section 12Staff commission
Section 57Power and duty of existing local authorities to assist new authorities
Section 61Interpretation of Part I
Section 97(6)Extension of staff commission functions
Section 125Interpretation of Part II
Section 137(1) (so far as it applies section 12 of the Act)Extension of staff commission functions
Section 157Certain orders relating to valuation not to be treated as hybrid
Section 177(1) and (3) (so far as those subsections relate to the entry in Part III of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975(5) concerning any member of the staff commission)Parliamentary disqualification
Section 178Financial provisions
Section 181(1), (2), (8) and (9)Consequential and supplementary provisions
Section 183(1)Interpretation
Section 184Short title, commencement and extent
Schedule 1New local government areas
Schedule 2Establishment of new local authorities

Article 3(a)

SCHEDULE 2PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 4TH JANUARY 1995

Column 1Column 2
Provision of the ActSubject matter
Section 8Transfer of employees
Section 9Effect of section 8 on contracts of employment
Section 10Continuity of employment
Section 11Remuneration of employees of local authorities
Section 13Compensation for loss of office or diminution of emoluments
Section 14Employment by new authorities
Section 15Transfer of property
Section 16Property held on trust
Section 17Educational endowments
Section 24Transitional provisions: finance
Section 34Reorganisation of police areas
Section 38Roads
Section 40Establishment etc. of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority
Section 44Restriction on order-making powers of existing authorities
Section 47Proceedings in district courts: transitional provisions
Section 49Justice of the peace
Section 50Stipendiary magistrates
Section 51(3)Registration offices
Section 60Applications to sheriff in cases of difficulty
Section 97 (so far as not already in force)Staff: application of Chapter 2 of Part I etc.
Section 101Authorisation of construction of certain private sewers etc.
Section 104Disapplication of restrictions on disclosur e of information
Section 113Actings of Secretary of State on default of water authority
Section 114Publication and provision of information as respects quality of private supplies of water
Section 115Regulations as to certain procedures
Section 124Cancellation of obligation to contribute towards certain expenses incurred as respects sewerage, or disposal of sewage, in rural localities
Section 126Orders under Part II
Section 137 ( so far as not already in force)Staff: application of Chapter 2 of Part I
Section 141Byelaws under section 121 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982(6)
Section 143Self-governing schools: certain proposals under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(7)
Section 146Definition of “road”
Section 147Provisions consequential on making of special road order
Section 148Toll orders
Section 149Road works register
Section 150Traffic signs
Section 151Exclusion from valuation roll of shootings, deer forests, fishings and fish counters
Section 165Powers of authorities to borrow and lend money
Section 166Grants in relation to ethnic minorities
Section 167Special grants
Section 170Effective use of resources
Section 172Duty of Secretary of State to establish area tourist boards
Section 173Power of Secretary of State to amend and revoke schemes
Section 175Provision of assistance to boards by old authorities
Section 179Savings
Section 182Further transitional provisions
Schedule 5Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority

Article 3(d)

SCHEDULE 3REPEALS IN SCHEDULE 14 TO THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 4TH JANUARY 1995

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
18 & 19 Vict. c.68The Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act 1855

In section 10, the words “any of the Lords Ordinary of” and the words from “And provided” to “such dwelling house”.

In section 11, the words from “but no ground” to the end.

10 & 11 Geo.6 c.41The Fire Services Act 1947

In section 15(2), the proviso.

In section 36, in subsection (2), the words “and thirty-six” and “and twenty-three”.

1873 c. 65The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973In section 84, subsections (2) and (4).
1980 c. 45The Water (Scotland) Act 1980

Sections 64 to 67.

In section 76H(8), the words from “; and section 65” to the end.

In section 76L(1), the definition of “wholesome”.

In section 109, in subsection (1), in the definition of “owner”, the words “, save in sections 64 to 67,”.

1982 c. 45The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982In section 121, in subsection (6), the words from “and of” to “that proposal” and, in subsection (7), the words from “but the” to “his consent” and the word “nevertheless”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the commencement of certain provisions in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (“the Act”) on 8th November 1994 (article 2 and Schedule 1) and on 4th January 1995 (article 3 and Schedules 2 and 3).

Article 4 modifies certain provisions of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (which provisions are amended or added by provisions of the Act brought into force by article 3 of this Order) in their application in the period from 4th January 1995 to 1st April 1996. The provisions specified in article 4 are modified by the substitution of references to “local” authorities for the references to “sewerage” authorities (pending the assumption of functions by sewerage authorities on 1st April 1996).

(2)

1980 c. 45; section 76L(1) was added by the Water Act 1989 (c. 15), Schedule 22, paragraph 1.

(3)

1968 c. 47; the provisions listed are amended or added by way of section 101 of, and paragraph 75(2), (14), (17), (19), (20) and (24) of Schedule 13 to, the Act.

(4)

1974 c. 40; section 32(2) is substituted by paragraph 95(2)(b) of Schedule 13 to the Act.

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