Local Government (Translation Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1996

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1996/974
Year1996

1996 No. 974 (S.105)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Government (Translation Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1996

Made 27th March 1996

Coming into force 1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 183(3) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19941, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Translation Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

S-2 Amendments and repeals

Amendments and repeals

2.—(1) The enactments and instruments mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified therein.

(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th March 1996

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1

1 amendments of enactments

PART I

amendments of enactments

SCH-1.1

1. In section 2 of the Forged Transfers Act 18912(definitions), in the definition of “local authority”, for paragraph (aa), there shall be substituted—

“(aa)

“(aa) a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”.

SCH-1.2

2. In section 1(5) of the Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act 19633(abolition of turnstiles), for the words from “Scotland” to the end, there shall be substituted the words “Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.”.

SCH-1.3

3. In section 56A(1) of the Countryside (Scotland) Act 19674(control of engine noise in quiet areas) for the words “district and islands councils”, there shall be substituted the words “local authorities”.

SCH-1.4

4. In section 5 of the Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 19705(interpretation), for the definition of “local authority”, there shall be substituted the following:—

““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”.

SCH-1.5

5. In section 16A(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19786(power to make payments towards expenditure on community services), for the words “regional, islands or district council”, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”.

SCH-1.6

6. In section 48(3) of the Civil Aviation Act 19827(matters Secretary of State may include in order stopping up road)—

(a) in paragraph (b)(ii), for the words “regional, islands or district council”, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”; and

(b) in paragraph (c)(ii), for the word “council”, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”.

SCH-1.7

7. In the Transport Act 19858

(a) in sections 7(15)(b) (meaning of “traffic authority” in Scotland) and 105(1) and (2) (travel concessions) for the words “region or islands”, there shall be substituted the words “local government”;

(b) in section 63(7) (passenger transport in other areas), for the words from “(as” to “islands”, there shall be substituted the words “, in Scotland, a”;

(c) in sections 63(9)(a) and (10)(b) (passenger transport in other areas) and 64(1)(a) (consultation on certain policies) for the words “regional or islands”, there shall be substituted the words “in Scotland”;

(d) in sections 66(1) (councils not empowered to run bus undertakings), 72(2)(a) and (5)(c) (public transport companies), 78(1) (provision of services for public transport companies) and 79(1), (4), (6), (8) and (10) (loans to public transport companies), for the words “regional council”, there shall be substituted the words “council (other than the council for Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands or Western Isles)”;

(e) in section 75(1) and (4) (public transport companies: powers of investment and disposal), for the words “or a district or regional council”, there shall be substituted the words “, a district council or, in Scotland, a council (other than the council for Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands or Western Isles)”;

(f) in section 84(1)(a) (compensation for loss of employment etc.), for the words “or regional council”, there shall be substituted the words “council or, in Scotland, a council (other than the council for Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands or Western Isles)”;

(g) in section 137(1) (general interpretation), after the definition of “bus substitution service” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““council”, in relation to Scotland, means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc....

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