{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-development-scotland-act-1965-repealed-2071992/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-development-scotland-act-1965-repealed-2071992/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/46",
  "legislation_title": "Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965 (repealed 20.7.1992)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highlands-and-islands-development-scotland-act-1965-repealed-2071992",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Duties of the Board.",
  "text": "(1) In pursuance of their general function described in section 1(1) of this Act the Board shall have the following duties—\n(a) to keep under review all matters relating to the economic and social well-being and development of the Highlands and Islands;\n(b) after consultation with such local authorities and other bodies as appear to the Board to have an interest, from time to time to prepare and submit to the Secretary of State for his approval proposals, whether general or specific in character, for the economic and social development of the Highlands and Islands or any part thereof;\n(c) to concert, promote, assist or undertake measures to implement any proposals so approved;\n(d) to advise the Secretary of State on such matters relating to their functions as he may refer to the Board or as the Board may think fit;\n(e) as soon as possible after the end of each calendar year to make to the Secretary of State a report as respects that year on the exercise and performance of their functions under this Act; such report shall set out any directions given to the Board under section 2(1) of this Act, a summary of any proposals submitted to the Secretary of State under paragraph (b) of this subsection, and, where he has refused to approve any such proposals, a summary of his reasons for so refusing, but shall not disclose any such information as is referred to in section 12(1) of this Act without the consent referred to in that subsection.\n(2) The Secretary of State may approve in whole or in part, any proposals submitted to him under paragraph (b) of the foregoing subsection, or may refuse to approve them.\n(3) Every report made to the Secretary of State under subsection (1)(e) of this section shall be laid by him before each House of Parliament.\n(4) In the exercise of their functions under this Act the Board shall have regard to the desirability of preserving the beauty of the scenery in the Highlands and Islands.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/46/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:36.066401+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}