SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3)

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1

The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

In section 2(1)(a) (unauthorised dumping of motor vehicles etc.), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

3

In section 3 (removal of abandoned vehicles)—

a

in subsection (1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

b

in subsection (3), the words “within the meaning of the Highways Act 1959” and “within the meaning of that Act” shall cease to have effect; and

c

subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

4

In section 6(1)

(removal and disposal of things other than motor vehicles), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

5

In section 11(1) (interpretation)—

a

for the definition of “highway” there shall be substituted the following definition—

carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

b

after the definition of “the relevant date” there shall be inserted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.