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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the commencement of certain provisions in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (“the Act”) on 8th November 1994 (article 2 and Schedule 1) and on 4th January 1995 (article 3 and Schedules 2 and 3).

Article 4 modifies certain provisions of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (which provisions are amended or added by provisions of the Act brought into force by article 3 of this Order) in their application in the period from 4th January 1995 to 1st April 1996. The provisions specified in article 4 are modified by the substitution of references to “local” authorities for the references to “sewerage” authorities (pending the assumption of functions by sewerage authorities on 1st April 1996).