Part VIII Functions

The environment

145 Ordnance Survey.

1

The M1Ordnance Survey Act 1841 (in this section referred to as “the 1841 Act”) shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in this section.

2

An application under section 1 as read with section 17 of the 1841 Act shall be made to the proper officer of the F1local authority, and where such an application is made, the function of appointing a person to assist in examining, ascertaining and marking out reputed boundaries shall be exercisable by the F2authority to whose proper officer the application was made.

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a

References, in whatever terms in the 1841 Act, to the sheriff by whom a person is appointed under section 1 as read with section 17 of that Act shall be construed as references to the F4local authority.

b

References in the 1841 Act to the sheriff clerk or sheriff clerk depute shall be construed as references to the proper officer of the F4local authority.

5

References in the 1841 Act to a county shall be construed as references to F5the area of a local authority, including the electoral areas thereof and other places therein.