Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929

1929 c.25

An Act to transfer to county councils and to the town councils of certain burghs in Scotland functions of existing local authorities relating to poor relief, lunacy and mental deficiency, education, public health, and other matters; to amend the law relating to local government in Scotland; to extend the application of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, to lands and heritages in which no persons are employed, to net and cruive salmon fishings and to minerals let but unworked; to grant relief from rates in the case of the lands and heritages in Scotland to which that Act applies; to discontinue grants from the Exchequer for certain purposes in Scotland and to provide other grants in lieu thereof; and for purposes consequential on the matters aforesaid.

[10th May 1929]I1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

Annotations:

Commencement Information

Part II (ss. 44-51) in force at 16.5.1929 by s. 50 (now repealed); Act wholly in force at 16.5.1930 by s. 80(2) (now repealed)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Act explained by National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 16, SIF 78), s. 20(1)(3)

Act modified (S.) by Dockyard Services Act 1986 (c. 52, SIF 58), s. 3(1)(c), and by Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47, SIF 77:2), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(4)

Act applied (prosp.) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), 111(9), 119(2) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))

Act applied (1.4.1992) by Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), s. 22(3) (as substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(1), Sch. 13, para. 10 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))); S.I. 1992/818, art. 2(a)

Part I Local Government Administration

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4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Miscellaneous

27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

E229C8†Power of councils to expend money on public health propaganda. C9

It shall be lawful for any F17regional, islands or district council to incur expenditure in making contributions to the central council or committee of an organisation approved by the Department of Health which provides services of the nature of publicity or educational propaganda for any purpose relating to public health, or in the provision by themselves of such services.

E129C6†Power of councils to expend money on public health propaganda. C7

It shall be lawful for any regional, F16council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 to incur expenditure in making contributions to the central council or committee of an organisation approved by the Department of Health which provides services of the nature of publicity or educational propaganda for any purpose relating to public health, or in the provision by themselves of such services.

30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

Part II Rating of Agricultural, Industrial and Freight Transport Lands and Heritages

44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

F2846 Amendment of 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 44.

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47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

49 Provisions to valuation roll.

C101

Subsection (1) of section fourteen of the Act of 1926 (which section contains provisions as to the valuation roll), shall have effect as if after the words “ said Acts show” there were inserted the words “ the net annual value and also,” and as if the words “ and the amount of any deduction from the gross annual value for the purpose of ascertaining the rateable value” were omitted.

2

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3

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50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Part III Exchequer Grants and Other Financial Provisions

52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Part IV General

76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

77 Interpretation.

1

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2

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4

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the statutory provision as amended or extended or applied by any subsequent Act, including this Act.

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