Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The M1 Church of Scotland (Properly and Endowments) Act 1925 S

Marginal Citations

M1 1925 c. 33.

63 S In section 22 (burgh churches)—

(a) after subsection (2), there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) References in any scheme made under this section of this Act and in subsection (2) above to the magistrates or the town council of a burgh and to the burgh within which a burgh church is situated shall, on and after 16th May 1975, be construed respectively as references to the council of the district and to the district within which that burgh church is situated.”;

(b) in subsection (3), for the words “town council of the burgh” there shall be substituted the words “ council of the district ” and for the words “town council”, where second occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ district council ”;

(c) in subsection (4)—

(i) before the word “burgh”, where second, third and fourth occurring, there shall be inserted the word “ former ”;

(ii) the words “ continue to ” shall cease to have effect;

(iii) for the words “town councils of the said burghs” there shall be substituted the words “ councils of the districts in which these churchyards are situated ”.

64 S In section 26 (transfer of parish churches etc.), for the word “parish” there shall be substituted the word “ district ”.

65 S In section 28(4) (transfer of rights in parish churches etc.), for the words “town councils in their capacity as town” there shall be substituted the words “ islands and district ”.

66 S In section 32 (transfer of parish churchyards)—

(a) for the words “parish council”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the words “ islands or district council ”;

(b) subsection (3) shall cease to have effect;

(c) in subsection (4), the words “ or other local authority ”, in each place where they occur, shall cease to have effect.

67 S In section 33 (preservation of monuments etc.), for the words “parish council”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ islands or district council ”.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 27 paras. 55, 68, 87, 129–131 repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(3)(4), Sch. 17 para. 35(1), Sch. 18