Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

363 Power to apply provisions of Act to joint boards, and &c.

(1) Where any enactment makes provision for the establishment by order or otherwise of a joint board or joint committee for the discharge of any of the functions of local authorities, the order or other document constituting or regulating the constitution of the joint board or joint committee may, without prejudice to any provisions of this Act, apply to the joint board or joint committee, subject to any necessary modifications, any of the provisions of this Act:

Provided that the provisions of this Act enabling land to be acquired compulsorily shall not be so applied except in so far as this Act or any other enactment authorises land to be acquired compulsorily for the purposes of the functions of the local authorities which are delegated to the joint board or joint committee.

(2) In the case of any such joint board or joint committee established prior to the commencement of this Act, the order or other document constituting or regulating the constitution of the joint board or joint committee may be altered for the purposes aforesaid by order made by the Minister concerned on the application of any of the constituent authorities and after consultation with any other constituent authorities.

(3) Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, the Secretary of State, on the application of any joint board established by a local Act passed before the commencement of this Act, may by order apply to the joint board any of the provisions) of this Act (other than those relating to the compulsory acquisition of land) subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order, and such provisions of any local Act relating to the joint board passed before the commencement of this Act as are specified in the order shall in consequence cease to have effect.