Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

Miscellaneous.

254 Application of Part XI of Act to all rates levied by rating authority.

The provisions of this Part of this Act shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, apply to all rates levied by a rating authority whether under this Part of this Act or any other enactment, but subject always, as respects rates levied under any other enactment, to any provisions of that enactment inconsistent with the provisions hereof.

255 Application of certain provisions to other authorities having power to levy rates.

Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, sections two hundred and thirty-one to two hundred and forty-four of this Act shall apply in the case of an authority (other than a rating authority) having power to levy a rate under any local Act in like manner as they apply in the case of a rating authority subject to the necessary modifications and so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of such local Act.

256 Collection by rating authority of rates levied by other authority.

(1) Any rating authority and any other authority having power to levy a rate under a local Act within the area of the rating authority or any part thereof may make arrangements, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the authorities, for the collection by the rating authority of the rates levied by the other authority.

(2) Where any such arrangements as are mentioned in the preceding subsection are in force, the demand note issued by the rating authority in respect of the rates levied by them may include as a separate item the rate levied by the other authority.

257 Savings for local Acts.

Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect—

(a) the provisions of any local Act with respect to the payment of an additional rate per pound by way of penalty in the case of rates not being paid by a specified date; or

(b) any other provision of a local Act with respect to the collection and recovery of rates so far as such provision is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part of this Act;

and the provisions of this Part of this Act shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, to the recovery of such additional rate or any other penalty provided for in the local Act as they apply to the recovery of the rate itself.