Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

1 Expenditure of a town council (not being expenditure included in a requisition made by the county council upon the town council under Part XI of this Act, except any portion thereof to which the proviso to subsection (5) of section two hundred and fourteen of this Act applies) incurred for and in connection with the following:—

(1) Police and police court (including any expenditure under section three hundred and fifteen (so far as unrepealed) of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, and on the provision of halls and other buildings for public meetings and assemblies under section seventy-four of this Act which the town council direct shall be defrayed as expenditure on police, but excluding any expenditure under the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937).

(2) Lighting, including lighting of streets, courts and common stairs

(3) Cleansing, including public conveniences

(4) Dean of Guild Court

(5) Surveys and plans under the Burgh Police Acts

(6) Markets

(7) Slaughter houses

(8) Public clocks

(9) Public baths, including open air bathing facilities

(10) Public wash-houses and drying grounds

(11) Inspection of weights and measures, including provision of public weighing machines

(12) Issue and supervision of licences under the Burgh Police Acts

(13) Public libraries

(14) Supervision of food and drugs

(15) The [34 & 35 Vict. c. 56.] Dogs Act, 1871

(16) The [34 & 35 Vict. c. 96.] Pedlars Act, 1871

(17) The Explosives Acts, 1875 and 1923

(18) The Military Lands Acts, 1892 to 1903

(19) The [58 & 59 Vict. c. 36.] Fatal Accidents Inquiry (Scotland) Act, 1895

(20) Section six of the Sea Fisheries Regulation (Scotland) Act, 1895

(21) The Light Railways Acts, 1896 and 1912

(22) Section two of the [62 & 63 Vict. c. 38.] Telegraph Act, 1899

(23) Licensing court under the [3 Edw. 7. c. 25.] Licensing (Scotland) Act, 1903

(24) The Advertisement Regulations Acts, 1907 and 1925

(25) The [2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 14.] Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912

(26) The Temperance (Scotland) Act, 1913

(27) Application or representation under section seventy-eight of the [11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55.] Railways Act, 1921

(28) The [15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 50.] Theatrical Employers Registration Act, 1925