SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (c.19)

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1

The Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

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In section 7 (which makes provision for certain persons to have full power to sell and convey land)—

a

after the word “husbands,” insert “ persons who, within the meaning of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, are entitled to act as the legal representatives of a child, ”;

b

after the words “guardians for” the words “persons under a legal disability by reason of nonage” shall cease to have effect; and

c

after the word “whether”, the words “persons under legal disability by reason of nonage” shall cease to have effect;

d

after the word “such” where it appears for the sixth time, insert “ legal representatives, ”; and

e

after the word “such” where it appears for the seventh time, the words “persons under legal disability by reason of nonage” shall cease to have effect.

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In section 67 (certain payments to persons under a disability to be deposited with the Bank)—

a

after the word “husband,” insert “ a person who, within the meaning of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, is entitled to act as a legal representative of a child ”; and

b

the words “persons under legal disability by reason of nonage” shall cease to have effect.

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In section 69 (nomination of trustees to whom certain payments of under £200 may be paid)—

a

the words “legal disability by reason of nonage” shall cease to have effect; and

b

after the word “husbands,” insert “ legal representatives of a child (within the meaning of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995), ”.

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In section 70 (sums of under £20 to be paid to certain persons), after the word “husbands,” insert “ legal representatives of a child (within the meaning of Part I of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995), ”.