Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The [1925 c. 68.] Roads Improvement Act 1925

23 For any reference in the Act to county council or other highway authority there shall be substituted a reference to local highway authority.

24 In section 6(2) (power to conduct experiments), for the words from " authority or person " to the end there shall be substituted the words " local highway authority ".

25 In section 7 (joint exercise of powers), the words " between any of them respectively " shall cease to have effect.

26 Section 8 (expenses) shall cease to have effect.

27 In section 12 (application to Scotland)—

(a) in paragraph (b), for the words from " county council" to the end there shall be substituted the words " regional or islands council ";

(b) in paragraph (d), for the words from " county ", where it first occurs, to " burgh " there shall be substituted the words " local highway authority in any highway or in any land forming part thereof unless the local highway authority for the area ";

(c) in paragraph (e), for the words from " within a burgh " to the end there shall be substituted the words " within the area of a local authority shall not be served without the consent of such authority, and a building line affecting land within any such area shall not be prescribed by a local highway authority without the consent of the said local authority. "