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Secretary for Scotland Act 1887
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Secretary for Scotland Act 1887
1887 CHAPTER 52 50 and 51 Vict
An Act to amend the Secretary for Scotland Act 1885.
[16th September 1887]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act explained by Secretary for Scotland Act 1889 (c. 16), s. 1
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
C3Act explained by National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c.16, SIF 78), s. 20(1)
C4Act modified by Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.47, SIF 77:2), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(4) and by Dockyard Services Act 1986 (c.52, SIF 58), s. 3(1)(c)
C5Act applied (S.) (prosp.) by Local Government Act 1992 (c. 14), ss. 111(9), 119(2) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))
C6Act applied (S.) (1.4.1992) by Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 60), s. 22(3) (as substituted by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 117(1), Sch. 13, para. 10 (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))); S.I. 1992/818, art. 2(a)
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I1Act wholly in force at 1.11.1887 by s. 4 (now repealed)
1 Short title and construction of Act.U.K.
This Act may be cited as the Secretary for Scotland Act 1887; and this Act and the Secretary for Scotland Act 1885, shall be read and construed together, and may be cited as the Secretary for Scotland Acts 1885 and 1887.
2 Transference of powers and duties of Secretary of State, Treasury, and Board of Trade.U.K.
(1)All powers and duties vested in and imposed on one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State by any Act of Parliament law, or custom, so far as such powers and duties relate to Scotland, and so far as they have not already been transfered to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland, shall, subject to the exceptions herein-after mentioned, be transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland.
Any report, act, or thing required or authorised by any Act of Parliament, law, or custom to be made or done to or by the said Secretary of State shall, so far as such Act of Parliament, law, or custom applies to Scotland, be made or done to or by the Secretary for Scotland.
(2)All the powers and duties vested in or imposed on the Treasury, under the M1Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Act 1854, shall be transferred to, vested in, and imposed on the Secretary for Scotland.
(3)All the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the Board of Trade relating to Provisional Orders dealing with any of the subjects transferred to the Fishery Board, Scotland, by section eleven of the M2Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885, shall be transferred to, vested in, and imposed upon the Secretary for Scotland.
3 Exceptions.U.K.
Nothing in this Act shall affect the powers and duties of the said Secretary of State under or in pursuance of the Acts of Parliament herein-after mentioned or any Acts amending the same, viz.:—
(a)—(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(d)The M3Explosives Act 1875.
(e)The M4Cruelty to Animals Act 1876.
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1S. 3(a)-(c)(f) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1963 (c. 30)
Marginal Citations
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2U.K.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 4 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
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