# Local Government in Scotland Act 2003, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act of the Scottish Parliament to provide anew about the way in which local authorities discharge their functions and about the local provision of certain public services; to give local authorities power to do things which they consider will advance well-being; to provide exemptions and reliefs from non-domestic rates in relation to certain lands and heritages; to confer power on the Scottish Ministers to combine certain lands and heritages for the purposes of assessing rateable value; to require local authorities to prepare, and endeavour to implement, a plan relating to the carrying out of their waste disposal and collection functions; to make new provision about the capital expenditure of those authorities and about the making of capital grants to them; to make some miscellaneous provisions connected with the functions of local authorities; and for connected purposes.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 8th January 2003 and received Royal Assent on 11th February 2003

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/1/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-in-scotland-act-2003/introduction
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