Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

377 Minor consequential amendments of enactments.

(1) Section three of the [42 & 43 Vict. c. 27.] Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act, 1879 (which confers power on certain burghs to make annual payments to the Convention) shall have effect as if for the words " out of the police assessment or other " rates leviable under the provisions of any general or local " Act of Parliament " there were substituted the words " as " part of the general expenses of the burgh."

(2) Section two hundred and eight of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892 (which relates to the service of petitions arid notices relating to proceedings before the dean of guild court) shall have effect as if for the words " hereinafter " provided with regard to the service of any notice by the " Commissioners " there were substituted the words " pro- " vided with regard to the service of any notice by the town " council by section three hundred and forty-nine of the " Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947."

(3) Section three hundred and seventy-two of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892 (which relates to the recoupment of arrears of private improvement expenses) shall have effect as if for the words " take such expenses out of the burgh " general assessment " there were substituted the words " defray such expenses as part of the general expenses of the " town council. "

(4) Subsection (6) of section six of the [58 & 59 Vict. c. 42.] Sea Fisheries Regulations (Scotland) Act, 1895 (which relates to the establishment of fishery district committees) shall have effect as if for the words from " shall be levied " to " and the amounts so " collected " there were substituted the words " shall be paid " as part of the general expenses of the county council relating " exclusively to the landward area of the county, and so far " as sanctioned and payable by a town council as part of " the expenditure of the town council falling to be defrayed " out of the burgh rate so far as payable by occupiers only, " and the amounts so payable."

(5) Section one hundred and sixty-eight of the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897 (which relates to the exemption from stamp duties of deeds and writings under that Act) shall have effect as if for the words " under this Act " there were substituted the words " for the purposes of this Act. "

(6) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section four of the [10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 49.] Blind Persons Act, 1920 (which subsection relates to the application of that Act to Scotland):—

“(c) The expression ' county borough ' means a large burgh for the purposes of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947.”

(7) The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of section two of the [16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 54.] Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons Facilities) Act, 1926:—

“(2) In the application of this section to Scotland, ' county borough ' means a large burgh for the purposes of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947.”

(8) Any reference in any enactment to a local authority within the meaning of the [54 & 55 Vict. c. 34.] Local Authorities Loans (Scotland) Act, 1891, or any such reference to the like effect shall be construed as a reference to a local authority within the meaning of this Act or any statutory authority, commissioners or trustees to whom section two hundred and seventy of this Act applies.