Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

138 Coast protection.S

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X1(2)In the said Act of 1949 the following amendments shall be made—

(a)for section 1(1) (coast protection authorities), there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1)The council of a region any part of which adjoins the sea or of an islands area shall be the coast protection authority for that region or area, as the case may be.”;

(b)in section 20(5) (contributions towards expenses of coast protection) for the word “burgh” there shall be substituted the word “ district ”;

(c)in section 22 (power to use for incidental purposes land acquired for coast protection)—

(i)in subsection (2), for the words “burgh or county” there shall be substituted the words “ region or islands area ”.

(ii)in subsection (3), for the reference to the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 there shall be substituted a reference to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;

(d)in section 30 (transfer and compensation of officers, and superannuation rights), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(4)This section shall not apply to Scotland.”;

(e)in section 45(1)(b) (service of notices and other documents), for the words “or burgh” there shall be substituted the words “ or in Scotland the council of a region, islands area or district ”;

(f)in section 46(4) (local inquiries), for the words from “subsection (2)” to “1947” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (2) and subsections (4) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ”;

(g)in Schedule 1 (procedure for making orders), for paragraph 8(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)for references to the London Gazette and to a county or county district there shall be substituted respectively references to the Edinburgh Gazette and to a region, islands area or district”.

Editorial Information

X1The text of ss. 130(3), 132(2), 134(2), 135(10), 138(2), 146(2)-(9), 147(2)(6)-(8), 155(2)(3)(5)-(7), 156(2)(3), 166(2), 170(2), 175, 184, 213(3), 237(1), Schs. 16, 19, 21 paras. 2-12 and Sch. 26 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes In Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

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