SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments

The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.16)

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(1)

The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

In section 1A(1)(b) (reduction of designated areas), for “any regional council, district council and islands council” substitute “ the local authority ”.

(3)

In section 35(2) (power of development corporation to transfer their undertakings)—

(a)

for the words from “council of” to “which” substitute “ local authority in whose area ”; and

(b)

for “council”, where it secondly occurs, substitute “ local authority ”.

(4)

In section 36(2)(b) (winding up of development corporation), for the words from “council” to “which” substitute “ local authority in whose area ”.

(5)

In section 47(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “local authority”, for “regional, islands or district council” substitute “ council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ”.

(6)

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (procedure for designating site of new town), for the words from “council” to “district in which” substitute “ local authority in whose area ”.