Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (repealed 27.8.1993)

20 Application to Scotland.U.K.

This Act shall in its application to Scotland have effect subject to the following modifications:—

[F1(a)for any reference to the chief inspector there shall be substituted a reference to the chief inspector for Scotland, being the inspector so appointed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act in relation to Scotland;

(b)any reference to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall be omitted and anything required to be done in England by both the chief inspector and that Minister shall be done in Scotland by the chief inspector for Scotland.]

(c)“local authority” (except where the reference is to a public or local authority) means [F2the regional, islands onr district council] and for references to river boards, local fisheries committees and statutory water undertakers there shall be substituted respectively references to river purification authorities within the meaning of the M1Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951, fishery district boards within the meaning ofthe M2Water (Scotland) Act 1946, and local water authorities within the meaning of that Act;

(d)for any reference to a justice of the peace there shall be substituted a reference to the sheriff;

(e)in subsection (5) of section ten for references to section three hundred and forty-three of the M3Public Health Act 1936 to section two hundred and ninety-four of that Act, to the Minister and to a council there shall be substituted respectively references to section three of the M4Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, to section fourteen of the M5Housing (Repairs and Rents) (Scotland) Act 1954, to the Secretary of State and to a local authority.

[F3(f)in section 11, subsection (1) and (4) shall be omitted.]

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