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Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

2008 asp 5

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Part 10 .General and Miscellaneous

General and miscellaneous

Section 126 Repeals, revocations and saving

236.This section gives effect to schedule 3 to the Act which repeals and revokes other enactments.

237.Subsection (2) specifies that despite the repeal of the 1897 Act, section 166 of that Act continues to have effect for the purposes of section 101 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. Section 101 of the 1978 Act applies section 166 of the 1897 Act (which governs the liabilities of local authorities and their officers) to health boards and their officers.

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