Miscellaneous amendments of public general and other Acts4.

(1)

In the Act to provide for the better regulation of certain common pastures within the borough of Beverley, enacted on 21st June 18361—

(a)

in section VI (Elections of pasture-masters to be held before mayor), for “or One or more of the Aldermen of the said Borough” there shall be substituted “of the Borough of Beverley or One or more of the Councillors of such Borough”; and

(b)

in section X (In case of death or inability of mayor, council to appoint an alderman to preside at the election of pasture-masters)—

(i)

for “the Mayor of the said Borough” there shall be substituted “the Mayor of the Borough of Beverley”; and

(ii)

for “Aldermen of the said Borough” there shall be substituted “Councillors of the said Borough”.

(2)

In the Local Government Act 1888 in section 69(11), for “the councils of boroughs mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act” there shall be substituted “the councils of London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London”.

(3)

In the Abingdon Corporation Act 1951—

(a)

in section 4(2) (interpretation) there shall be inserted—

““The Town Council” means the Town Council of Abingdon;”;”;

(b)

in Part IV (fisheries) for “the Corporation”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “the Town Council”; and

(c)

in section 52(1) (fishing permits) for “the guildhall in the borough” there shall be substituted “the Abingdon Guildhall”.

(4)

In the Milford Haven Conservancy Act 1958, in Part I of the First Schedule (constitution of the Milford Haven Conservancy Board), for sub-paragraph (h) of paragraph 2 there shall be substituted—

“(h)

three by the County Council of Dyfed.”.

(5)

In the Water Act 1958, in Schedule 1 (procedure for making orders), in the first item in the table in paragraph 1(1), for the entry (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a)

Every local authority whose area would be affected by the order.”.

(6)

The enactments specified in Schedule 1 are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in column (3) thereof.

(7)

The repeal of section 3 of the Local Government Act 1888 shall not affect any functions exercised by any authorities existing on or after 1st April 1974.