Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

Prospective

85 (1) The Agriculture Act 1970 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) For subsection (2) of section 67 (enforcement authorities and appointment of inspectors and analysts) substitute—

“(2) In Scotland it shall be the duty of every council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 to enforce this Part of this Act within their area.”.

(3) In section 92 (provision of flood warning systems)—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words “an islands council”, where they first occur, substitute “ the council (constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994) for Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands or Western Isles ”;

(b) in the proviso to subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (ia), for the words “by an islands council” substitute “ any of those councils ”; and

(ii) for the words from “region” to “within which” substitute “ local authority within whose area ”; and

(c) in subsection (2)(b), for “regional or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and “area”, in relation to such an authority, shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of Part I of that Act ”.

(4) In section 94 (arrangements with other bodies), for the words “islands council”—

(a) where they first occur, substitute “ any of the councils mentioned in subsection 92(1) of this Act ”; and

(b) in each of the other places where they occur, substitute “ such council ”.