SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 27 Adaptation and Amendment of Enactments
Part I General Adaptation of Enactments
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1
This paragraph applies to any enactment passed before, or during the same session as, this Act, and any instrument made before this Act under any enactment.
2
Any reference in any such enactment, including the 1947 Act, or instrument to a local authority within the meaning of the 1947 Act shall be construed as a reference to a local authority within the meaning of this Act.
3
Any reference in any such enactment or instrument to a sheriff clerk of a county, however expressed, shall be construed as a reference to the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district concerned.
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1
Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in any enactment or instrument to which paragraph 1 above applies any reference to a specified officer of a local authority shall be construed as a reference to the proper officer of a local authority.
2
Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply in any case—
a
to a reference to a specified officer of a local authority in an enactment mentioned in section 64(5) of this Act or any other enactment referring to an officer specified in such a reference; or
b
to a reference in any enactment to an assessor or depute assessor appointed under section 116 of this Act.