The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999

Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74)

24.—(1) The Coast Protection Act 1949 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 17 (notification to coast protection authority of coast protection work to be carried out by certain authorities)(1), as it applies to Scotland–

(a) in subsection (3)(b), for “Minister” there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”;

(b) in subsection (4)–

(i) for “Minister and any other Minister being a Minister concerned”, there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”; and

(ii) for “said Ministers”, there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”;

(c) in subsection (5), for “appropriate Minister”, in both places where those words appear, there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”; and

(d) subsections (8) to (10) are omitted.

(3) In section 21(3) (Exchequer grants)(2), before paragraph (a) there is inserted–

“(za) subsection (1) shall have effect as if the words “Subject to such conditions as the Treasury may determine” were omitted;”.

(1)

Section 17 was amended by S.I. 1955/554, the Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Schedule 3, paragraph 4, and the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54), Schedule 9, paragraph 38(2).

(2)

Section 21 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 29, paragraph 17, the Southern Water Authority Act 1980 (c.xxxviii), section 18(1) and Schedule 1, Part I, and the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54), section 156(1), Schedule 19, paragraph 38(4).