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The Local Government (Application of Enactments) (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/2766 · Made 19 October 1995

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 19th October 1995

Laid before Parliament 24th October 1995

Coming into force 14th November 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 181(1) and (2)(b) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 39.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Application of enactments
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Application of Enactments) (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 14th November 1995.

2Application of enactments

(1)

Section 2 of the Public Works Loans Act 1965f1 and section 3(11) of, and Schedule 4 to, the National Loans Act 1968f2 shall, in the period prior to 1st April 1996, apply to new local authorities as they apply to local authorities in Scotland.

(2)

In paragraph (1) above, “new local authorities” means the councils in respect of which an ordinary election of councillors took place on 6th April 1995 in terms of section 5(2) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

Signature

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th October 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that, in the period prior to 1st April 1996, section 2 of the Public Works Loans Act 1965 and section 3(11) of, and Schedule 4 to, the National Loans Act 1968 shall apply to new local authorities in Scotland as they apply to existing Scottish local authorities. The “new local authorities” are the unitary authorities on the Scottish mainland which are due to take over existing local authority functions on 1st April 1996.