Local Government Act 1929

138 Short title and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1929.

(2) This Act shall not (except the provisions thereof relating to the cattle pleuro-pneumonia account and the transmission of the benefit of rate relief in respect of freight transport hereditaments) extend to Scotland, and shah not extend to Northern Ireland.

(3) The Minister may by order direct that this Act shall, subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the order, extend to the Isles of Scilly, but except as so applied this Act shall not extend to the said Isles.

The Minister may by any such order amend or repeal any provisions contained in the order relating to the Isles of Scilly, which was confirmed by the [53 & 54 Vict. c. clxxvi.] Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 6) Act, 1890.

(4) The Minister may by order direct that the provisions of Part III of this Act and such other provisions of this Act as relate to the property, liabilities, and officers of highway authorities shall, subject to such exceptions, adaptations, and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the order, extend to the administrative county of the Isle of Wight, and any such order may amend or repeal any provision contained in the [15 Geo. 5. c. xiii.] Isle of Wight (Highways) Act, 1925; but, .except as so applied, the said provisions of this Act shall not extend to the said county.