163Public libraries, museums and art galleries
(1)The local authority for the purposes of the Public Libraries (Scotland) Acts 1887 to 1955 in their application to libraries shall be an islands or district council, except that within the Highland, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway regions such authority shall be the appropriate regional council.
(2)A local authority as aforesaid shall have a duty to secure the provision of adequate library facilities for all persons resident in their area.
(3)The local authority for the purposes of the [1887 c. 42.] Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887 in its application to museums and art galleries shall be a local authority within the meaning of this Act, but each regional council shall have a duty, in consultation with district councils within their region, to ensure that there is an adequate provision of facilities for the purposes of the said Act in that application for the inhabitants of their region.
(4)Schedule 21 to this Act shall have effect for making amendments to the enactments relating to public libraries, museums and art galleries.