7 Miscellaneous provisions as to instruments
In the Smallholdings (Contributions Towards Losses) Regulations 1970, in Regulation 2(2)—
(a) after the definition of “the Act of 1947” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the Act of 1972” means the Local Government Act 1972”

:
(b) in the definition of “contribution”, for the words “their losses” there shall be substituted the words “the losses incurred by them or by the council of the county or county borough (as constituted and in existence immediately before 1st April 1974) from whom the right to such contribution was on that date transferred to the relevant authority”;
(c) for the definition of “cottage holdings authority” there shall be substituted the following:—

““cottage holdings authority” means the Greater London Council or a county council who hold land for the purposes of cottage holdings”

;
(d) for the definition of “cottage holdings land” there shall be substituted the following:—

““cottage holdings land” means land held by a cottage holdings authority for the purposes of cottage holdings being land which immediately before the commencement of Part III of the Act was land held for those purposes by the Greater London Council or by the council of a county or county borough (as then constituted and in existence)”

;
(e) for the definition of “smallholdings land” there shall be substituted the following:—

““smallholdings land” means, in relation to the Greater London Council, land held by that Council for the purposes of smallholdings being land which immediately before the commencement of Part III of the Act was held by that Council for those purposes and, in relation to the council of a county established by the Act of 1972, land held by that county council for those purposes being land which immediately before the commencement of Part III of the Act was held by the council of a county or county borough (as then constituted and in existence) for those purposes and transferred to that county council under the Act of 1972.”

(1970 II, p. 3265).