Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

Section 209.

SCHEDULE 25Relaxation of Controls

The [1892 c. 12.] Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Amendment Act 1892

1Section 5 (preservation of lands from injury) shall cease to have effect.

The [1892 c. 55.] Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892

2In section 396 (terms of licence for theatres, etc.) for the words from the beginning to " £5 " there shall be substituted the words " A reasonable fee set by the issuing authority shall be payable for each licence ".

3In section 433 (brokers' licences), for the words " sum not exceeding two shillings and sixpence " there shall be substituted the words " reasonable sum set by the issuing authority "

The [1903 c. 33.] Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1903

4In section 81 (licensing of billiard halls), for the words from " fee " to " shillings " there shall be substituted the words " reasonable fee set by the issuing authority shall be payable ".

5In section 98(2) (application of Parts I and II), the words from " intimated " to " Scotland and " shall cease to have effect.

The [1914 c. 46.] Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Act 1914

6In section 28 (milk depots), the words " subject to the consent of the Board " shall cease to have effect.

The [1925 c. 38.] Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925

7In section 1 (restriction on exhibition, etc., of performing animals), the following amendments shall be made—

(a)in subsection (2), for the words " the prescribed fee " there shall be substituted the words " such fee as appears to the local authority to be appropriate ";

(b)in subsection (5), the words " on payment of the prescribed fee ", in both places where they occur, shall cease to have effect;

(c)in subsection (7), the words "subject to payment of the prescribed fee " shall cease to have effect;

(d)at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(8)A local authority may charge such fees as appear to them to be appropriate for inspection of the register, for taking copies thereof or making extracts therefrom or for inspection of copies of certificates of registration issued by them.”

8In section 5(3) (interpretation etc.), the words from " and the fee " onwards shall cease to have effect.

The [1925 c. 68.] Roads Improvement Act 1925

9In section 5 (prescription of building lines), paragraph (a) of the proviso shall cease to have effect.

The [1928 c. 29.] Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1928

10In section 2(5) (fees for licences), the words " not exceeding five shillings" and the words " not exceeding one shilling" shall cease to have effect.

The [1929 c. 33.] Bridges Act 1929

11In section 7(3) (arbitrations, etc.), the words from "and any question " onwards shall cease to have effect.

12In section 10 (rules of procedure), subsections (1) and (2) shall cease to have effect.

The [1930 c. 43.] Road Traffic Act 1930

13In section 53 (tolls), the following amendments shall be made—

(a)in subsection (2)(b), the words from " but a right" onwards shall cease to have effect;

(b)in subsection (6), the words " subject to the approval of the Minister " shall cease to have effect.

14In section 56 (removal of structures from highways, the following amendments shall be made—

(a)subsection (2) shall cease to have effect;

(b)in subsection (3), the words from "or if" onwards shall cease to have effect.

The [1935 c. 47.] Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935

15In section 17(2) (provision of means of entrance, etc., as condition of approval of building plans), the words from " measured " to " State " shall cease to have effect.

The [1937 c. 28.] Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937

16In section 10(5) (application of 1847 Act), the words from " and if " onwards shall cease to have effect.

The [1937 c. 48.] Methylated Spirits (Sale by Retail) (Scotland) Act 1937

17In section 2 (lists of persons entitled to sell methylated spirits), the following amendments shall be made—

(a)in subsection (1), in the proviso, for the words " prescribed fees" there shall be substituted the words " fees set by them ";

(b)in subsection (2), for the words " prescribed fee ", there shall be substituted the words " fee set by the authority ";

(c)in subsection (4), for the words " fees as may be prescribed " there shall be substituted the words " reasonable fees as the authority may set ".

The [1946 c. 42.] Water (Scotland) Act 1946

18Section 3 (Secretary of State may require records, etc., from persons abstracting water) shall cease to have effect.

19In section 9 (water for domestic purposes), the words from " and the Secretary " onwards shall cease to have effect.

20In section 24(1) (power to carry out works), the proviso shall cease to have effect.

21In section 29(2) (local authority may provide wells, etc.), in the proviso, the words from " and any " onwards shall cease to have effect.

22In section 53 (provision of water supply for new buildings), in subsection (1), the words from " in accordance " to " may make ", and subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

23In Schedule 4 (provisions to be incorporated in orders relating to water undertakings), in paragraph 19, the words from "Any dispute " onwards, and in paragraph 24(2), the words from " or as " onwards, shall cease to have effect.

The [1948 c. 26.] Local Government Act 1948

24Section 138(2) (consent of Minister to agreements) shall cease to have effect.

The [1950 c. 24.] Highways (Provision of Cattle-Grids) Act 1950

25Sections 14 (provision of cattle-grids off roads) and 18 (provisions as to cattle-grids provided before the Act) shall cease to have effect.

The [1951 c. 35.] Pet Animals Act 1951

26In section 1(2) (licensing of pet shops), the words " not exceeding £2 " shall cease to have effect.

The [1956 c. 30.] Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956

27In section 21 (provision of cold stores by local authority), in subsection (1), the words "with the approval of the Secretary of State " and the words from " and any " onwards shall cease to have effect, and subsections (2) and (3) shall cease to have effect.

28Section 22(2) (notification of cases of food poisoning) shall cease to have effect.

The [1963 c. 31.] Weights and Measures Act 1963

29In section 4(2) (local standards), after the word " kept" there shall be inserted the words " in such manner and under such conditions as the Secretary of State may direct ", the words " and approved for the purpose by the Board " shall cease to have effect, and for the words " approved in that behalf by the Board " there shall be substituted the words " which appear to the authority to be appropriate ".

30In section 5(3) (working standards etc.), the words " and approved for the purpose by the Board " shall cease to have effect.

31In section 44(1) (inspector's fees), the words " with the consent of the Board " shall cease to have effect.

The [1963 c. 43.] Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963

32In section 1(2) (licensing of boarding establishments for animals), the words " not exceeding £2 " shall cease to have effect,

The [1964 c. 70.] Riding Establishments Act 1964

33In section 1(2) (licensing of riding establishments), for the words " a fee not exceeding £10 " there shall be substituted the words " such fee as may be set by the local authority ".

The [1967 c. 76.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967

34In section 12(6) (temporary prohibition or restriction of traffic), for the words " six weeks from the making " there shall be substituted the words " three months from the coming into operation ".

35In section 29 (powers regarding off-street parking places), in subsection (1), the words from " exercisable " to " by him ", and subsection (2), shall cease to have effect.

36In section 31(2) (use of parking places), the words from "and where " onwards shall cease to have effect.

37In section 37(5) (supplementary provisions), for the words " the prescribed steps" there shall be substituted the words " such steps as appear to them to be appropriate ", for the words from " not less " to " occasions" there shall be substituted the word " afterwards " , and the words " in the prescribed manner " and the words from " and in this" onwards shall cease to have effect.

38In section 44 (financial provisions), in subsection (2), in the proviso, the words from " but shall not" onwards shall cease to have effect, and in subsection (3)(c), the words "with the consent of the appropriate Minister " shall cease to have effect.

The [1967 c. 78.] Water (Scotland) Act 1961

39In Schedule 5 (amendments of the Water (Scotland) Acts), in paragraph 26, in subsection (1) of the substituted section 18, for the words " Secretary of State " there shall be substituted the words " water authority within whose limits of supply the premises are situated " , and in the said section 18, subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.

The [1967 c. 86.] Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967

40In section 41(1)(b) (ferries for purposes of long-distance routes), the words " with the approval of the Secretary of State " shall cease to have effect.

The [1968 c. 49.] Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

41In section 22 (removal of children in residential establishments), the words " the Secretary of State or " shall cease to have effect.

The [1968 c. 73.] Transport Act 1968

42In section 12(4) (borrowing powers of Executive), the words " with the consent of the Minister " shall cease to have effect.

43In section 36 (power of local authority to run contract carriages), in subsection (2), the words " subject to subsection (3) of this section " shall cease to have effect, and subsections (3) to (8) shall cease to have effect.

44In section 37 (power for local authorities to acquire or dispose of public service vehicle undertakings), in subsection (1), the words from " with the consent" to " State " shall cease to have effect, and subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.

45In section 138 (travel concessions), subsections (7), (8) and (9)(a) shall cease to have effect.

The [1972 c. 52.] Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

46In section 63(1) (proper maintenance of waste land), the words from " then " to " State " shall cease to have effect.

47In section 84(1) (power to serve enforcement notice), the words from " to any " to " State and " shall cease to have effect.

48In section 260 (default powers of Secretary of State), in subsection (1), the words from " may give " to " confirmation or " shall cease to have effect, and in subsection (5), paragraph (b) and the words from " or under " to " 61 of this Act" and the words from " may give " to " notice or " shall cease to have effect.