This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

This Act (except this section) shall come into operation on the appointed day, being such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different provisions of this Act or for different purposes, or for the purposes of the same provision in relation to different cases.

This Act, except sections 92, 146(5) and 213 and paragraph 64 of Schedule 17 and Schedule 26 F1. . . extends to Scotland only.