7 Application of Act to Scotland.E+W+S
This Act shall apply to Scotland, subject to the following modifications—
(a)for any reference to the Minister of Health (except the reference in section one of this Act) there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Health for Scotland (hereinafter referred to as the Department); . . . ; for any reference to sections eighty-four to ninety of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, there shall be substituted a reference to sections eighty-three to eighty-eight of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845; for any reference to a borough, there shall be substituted a reference to a burgh and references to urban or rural districts shall not apply; and for any references to an easement there shall be substituted a reference to a servitude;
(b)section two of this Act shall have effect as if for subsection (2) and (3) thereof the following subsection were substituted —
“(2) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, shall have effect as if any reference therein to a local authority (except the references thereto in subsection (2) of section one, in section two and in paragraph 9 of the First Schedule) included a reference to a recognised company.”
(d)the exemption from requirements and restrictions conferred by subsection (1) of section three of this Act shall extend to any requirement imposed by or under any enactment, or by virtue of the common law, as to the presentation of a petition to a dean of guild court, or to any body performing the functions of such a court.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 7(a)(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.