(1)Section 199 of the Act of 1947 (which provides among other things for the publication by the clerk of a local authority of notice of the right of any ratepayer within the area of the local authority to inspect an abstract of the authority's accounts during a period of seven days specified in the notice) shall have effect in relation to any such notice published after 16th May 1963 as if there were added at the end thereof the following subsection:—
“(3)The period of seven days referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be a period of seven consecutive days, so however that in determining the period any Sunday, and any other day on which the offices of the local authority are not open for public business generally, shall be disregarded.”
(2)Section 200 of the Act of 1947 (which also relates to the inspection of accounts) shall have effect as if in subsection (1) thereof the word " any " were inserted immediately before the word " Saturday ", in the second place where that word occurs ; and as if after subsection (1) thereof there were inserted the following subsection:—
“(1A)Any such ratepayer may make written application to the local authority for an opportunity to inspect the said abstract of accounts at such reasonable time as may be specified in the application, being a time not between the hours specified in the foregoing subsection in relation to Saturdays and other weekdays respectively but within the period of seven days referred to in that subsection; and where such application has been made, the local authority shall make the abstract of accounts available for inspection by the ratepayer at that time in such manner as the local authority may determine”.
(1)Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations, rules or orders shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2)Any power conferred by this Act to make an order includes the power to vary or revoke the order by subsequent orders made in the like manner and subject to the like conditions.
There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys so provided—
(a)by way of Exchequer Equalisation or Transitional Grant under the enactments relating to local government in Scotland; and
(b)under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 or the Housing (Scotland) Act 1962.
(1)Part I of this Act shall be construed as one with the Act of 1954.
(2)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
" the Act of 1947 " means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947;
" the Act of 1948 " means the Local Government Act 1948 ;
" the Act of 1954 " means the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1954 ;
" the Act of 1956 " means the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956;
" the Act of 1958 " means the Local Government and Miscellaneous Financial Provisions (Scotland) Act 1958 ;
" local authority " means a county council or the town council of a burgh;
" rate " has the same meaning as in the Act of 1947, except that in section 2 of this Act it does not include any domestic water rate;
" rateable valuation " in relation to any area has the same meaning as in the Act of 1956 ;
" valuation " includes value ;
" year " means a period of twelve months beginning on 16th May, except that in relation to a local authority whose financial year begins on a day other than 16th May, it means a period of twelve months beginning on that other day ; and " year " followed by a reference to two calendar years means the year beginning in the first of those calendar years ;
" year of revaluation " has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Act of 1956.
(3)Any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by any other enactment including this Act.
The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, the repeals taking effect—
(a)in the case of the enactments specified in Part I of that Schedule, on 16th May 1963 ; and
(b)in the case of the enactments specified in Part II of that Schedule, on 16th May 1966:
Provided that the repeals specified in the said Part I shall not affect any calculation, apportionment or allocation which requires to be made in respect of any year earlier than the year 1963-64.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963.
(2)This Act shall extend to Scotland only.