A local authority F1within the meaning of F2section 227(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of State or another local authority for the placing at his or their disposal, for the purposes of any function of a party to the agreement under any enactment (including an enactment in any local Act) or any instrument whether passed or made before or after the passing of this Act, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of persons employed by the local authority and of any premises, equipment and other facilities under their control.

A local authority within the meaning of section 33 of the M1Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 may enter into an agreement with the Minister of Transport for the placing at his disposal, for the purpose of any of the relevant functions within the meaning of the said Act of 1969, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of persons employed by the local authority and of any premises, equipment and other facilities under their control.

For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that for superannuation purposes, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, service rendered by a person whose services are placed by a local authority at the disposal of the Secretary of State F1or the Minister of Transport or another local authority in pursuance of this section is service rendered to the first-mentioned local authority.

In this section . . . F4“premises” includes land and buildings.

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The enactments mentioned in the first column of Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act (which specify fees or maximum fees for licences, certificates or permits to which those enactments relate or for registration under those enactments) may be amended, by an order made by the Minister or department specified in relation to the enactment in question in the second column of the said Part II, so as to vary any sum specified by that enactment or so as to provide that any sum payable under that enactment shall cease to be so payable; and an order under this subsection may be limited to such cases as may be specified by the order and may make different provision for different cases specified by the order.

Any statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

The duties chargeable in Scotland under the M4Game Licences Act 1860 and section 5 of the M5Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1883 shall be levied by F10local authoritiesand accordingly those duties shall cease to be Excise duties.

Any statutory instrument containing an order made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

This section shall come into force on 16th May 1967.

Any power conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act to make an order or regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

Any power conferred by this Act to make an order includes the power to vary or revoke the order by a subsequent order made in the like manner and subject to the like conditions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act of 1963” means the M6Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963;

• F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “housing revenue account” has the same meaning as in section F13203 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;

• “joint board” includes a combination or joint committee of local authorities;

• “land” includes land covered by water and any interest in or right over land;

• “local authority” means a F14council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

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• F16“product of a rate of F17one new penny in the pound” and “standard penny rate product” have the meanings assigned to them by section 9 of the Act of 1963;

• F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F19 “rating authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 30 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• F20 “road”has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

• “Valuation Acts” means the M7Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854, . . . F21 the Acts amending that Act F22and any other enactment relating to valuation;

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• “water undertaking” means an undertaking for the supply of water carried on by F24Scottish Water;

• “year” has the meaning assigned to it by section 26(2) of the Act of 1963; and

• “year of revaluation” has the meaning assigned to it by section F2537 of the M8Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975.

References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.

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This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.

This Act shall extend to Scotland only.