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(1)In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—
" library material " means any library material the purchase of which is authorised by the third paragraph of section twenty-one of the principal Act;
" non-statutory library authority " means a body, not trading for profit, which provides library services otherwise than in the exercise of statutory powers;
" the principal Act " means the [50 & 51 Vict. c. 42.] Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1887;
" statutory library authority " means a county council, town council or committee authorised by the Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts, 1887 to 1920, or by any other enactment (including any enactment contained in a local Act) to provide library services, or the education authority of a county within the meaning of the [9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 72.] Education (Scotland) Act, 1946.
(2)This Act may be cited as the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act, 1955, and the Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts, 1887 to 1920, and this Act may be cited together as the Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts, 1887 to 1955.
(3)This Act shall extend to Scotland only.
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