38In section 20 (power to hold and dispose of land)—
(a)after the word " may ", where it occurs for the second time, there shall be inserted the words " , under section 74 of the [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, "; and
(b)the proviso shall cease to have effect.
39In section 109 (interpretation), after subsection (4) there shall be added the following subsection—
“(5)For the purposes of section 29(2) of the [1979 c. 33.] Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (construction of reference to Register of Sasines etc.) this Act shall be deemed to be an enactment passed before that Act.”.