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9.—(1) The Public Charitable Collections (Scotland) Regulations 1984(1) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2)—
(a)the definition of “council” shall be omitted; and
(b)after the definition of “house to house collection” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”.
(3) In each of regulations 3(2)(b), 5(d), 11(1), (5) and (6) and 13, for the word “council” wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”.
(4) In regulation 13, the words “district or islands” shall be omitted.
(5) In the Schedule, for the words “DISTRICT OR ISLANDS COUNCIL”, there shall be substituted the words “LOCAL AUTHORITY”.
10.—(1) The Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986(2) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (interpretation)—
(a)for the definition of “electoral area”, there shall be substituted the following definition:—
““electoral area” means an electoral ward within the meaning of section 5 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”; and
(b)after the definition of “list of overseas electors”, there shall be inserted the following definitions:—
““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“local government area” means the area of a local authority;”.
(3) In regulation 43(2) and (3) (adaptation of electors lists) for the words “returning officer”, there shall be substituted the word “council”.
(4) In regulation 50(4) (information about register) for the word “district”, there shall be substituted the words “local government area”.
(5) Regulation 51(1A)(3) shall be omitted.
(6) In the back of Form C in Schedule 2 (proxy paper), in paragraph 5 for the word “division”, there shall be substituted the word “area”.
11. In the back of the form of proxy paper in Part II of Schedule 4 to the European Parliamentary Election Regulations 1986(4), in paragraph 5 for the word “division” where it occurs in that part of the form for use in Scotland, there shall be substituted the word “ward”.
12.—(1) The Scottish Local Elections Rules 1986(5) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In rule 4(6)—
(a)before the definition of “local government area”, there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”; and
(b)for the definition of “local government area”, there shall be substituted the following definition:—
““local government area” means the area of a local authority;”.
(3) In the local elections rules set out in Schedule 2—
(a)in rule 14(2) for the words “regional, islands area or district council”, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”;
(b)in rule 21(3)(a) the words “division or” shall be omitted; and
(c)in rule 46(1) for the words “region, islands area or district, as the case may be,”, there shall be substituted the words “local government area”.
(4) In the Appendix of Forms set out in Schedule 2—
(a)in the title in the form of the notice of election the words “[REGIONAL] [ISLANDS] [DISTRICT]” shall be omitted;
(b)in the form of the nomination paper in note 4 the words “division or” shall be omitted;
(c)in the form of the notice of poll for the words “[REGIONAL] [ISLANDS] [DISTRICT] [COUNCIL]”, there shall be substituted the words “[] COUNCIL”;
(d)in the form of the elector’s official poll card the word “division/” shall be omitted;
(e)in the form of the proxy’s official poll card the word “division/” shall be omitted;
(f)for the words “[Region], [Islands Area], [District]” and “[region] [islands area] [district]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Local Government Area” and “local government area” respectively;
(g)for the words “[Regional] [Islands] [District]” and “[regional], [islands], [district]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Local Government” and “local government” respectively;
(h)for the words “[Regional] [Islands Area] [District]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Local Government Area”;
(i)for the words “[Electoral Division] [Ward]” and “[Electoral Division(s)] [Ward(s)]”, there shall be substituted the words “Electoral Ward” and “Electoral Ward(s)” respectively;
(j)for the words “[electoral division], [ward]” and “[electoral divisions] [wards]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “electoral ward” and “electoral wards” respectively;
(k)for the words “[ELECTORAL DIVISION] [WARD]” there shall be substituted the words “ELECTORAL WARD”;
(l)for the words “[electoral division(s)], [ward(s)]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “electoral ward(s)”; and
(m)for the words “[division(s)], [ward(s)]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the word “ward(s)”.
(5) In Schedule 3 (modification to the local elections rules for combined polls under section 15(1) or (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(7))—
(a)for the words “for *[this region] *[this islands area] *[this district] * (delete whichever is inapplicable )” which are inserted in question (ii) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) of rule 28 of the local elections rules and in the second question of paragraph (2) of that rule by paragraph 8 of that Schedule, there shall be substituted the words “for this local government area”;
(b)in paragraph (1) of rule 38 of the local elections rules as substituted by paragraph 18 of that Schedule—
(i)in sub-paragraph (d) between the words “parliamentary election” and “European”, there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be,” and the words from “or, as the case may be, other local government election” shall be omitted; and
(ii)the words from “In the application” to “returning officer” shall be omitted;
(c)in paragraph (2) of rule 38 of the local elections rules, as substituted by paragraph 18 of that Schedule, for the words “regional council election or district council election, as the case may be” there shall be substituted the words “local government election”;
(d)in the provisions added to paragraphs (1) and (2) of rule 48 of the local elections rules by paragraph 20 of that Schedule between the words “parliamentary election” and “European”, there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be,” and the words “or, as the case may be, other local government election,” shall be omitted; and
(e)in the provisions inserted by paragraph 24 of that Schedule in the form of declaration to be made by the companion of a blind voter in the Appendix of Forms in Schedule 2 of the local elections rules—
(i)for the words “of this *region/*islands area/*district” there shall be substituted the words “of this local government area”; and
(ii)the words “/*this electoral area of this */region/*district” shall be omitted.
13. Form D in Part II of the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992(8) shall be amended as follows:—
(a)for the words “Our District of”, there shall be substituted the words “Our Local Authority Area of”; and
(b)for the words “Our said district” wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “our said local authority area”.
14.—(1) The Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993(9) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 2, there shall be substituted the following regulation:—
2. In these Regulations, “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”.
(3) For regulation 4, there shall be substituted the following regulation:—
4.—(1) It shall be the function of every local authority, for civil defence purposes—
(a)to make, keep under review and revise plans for their area and to carry out exercises based on such plans;
(b)to arrange for the training—
(i)of an appropriate number of suitable members of their own staff;
(ii)of such other persons as they consider necessary,
for the purposes of carrying out plans made under sub-paragraph (a) above and discharging the other functions conferred by this regulation; and
(c)at the request of the designated Minister, or where the local authority considers it appropriate—
(i)to take such preparatory steps as may be necessary to ensure that plans made under sub-paragraph (a) above can be carried out; and
(ii)to carry out any of those plans.
(2) When making or revising plans under paragraph (1)(a) above a local authority shall consult with any local authority whose area may be affected by such plans.”
(4) Regulation 5 shall be omitted.
S.I. 1986/1111, amended by S.I. 1990/629 and to which there have been other amendments which are not relevant to this Order.
Regulation 51(1A) was inserted by regulation 16 of S.I. 1990/629.
S.I. 1986/2209, the citation of this instrument was amended by sections 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd, 9758) on 1st July 1987 and there have been other amendments which are not relevant to this Order.
Rule 4 was amended by paragraph 3(c) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 1995/1948.
S.I. 1992/1730.
S.I. 1993/1774.
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