# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Paragraph 27


(1) In Schedule 3 (Licensing of tracks for betting), in paragraph 1 for the words “Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3” there shall be substituted the words “ Paragraph 1 ”, in head (b) of that paragraph for the words “those paragraphs” there shall be substituted the words “ that paragraph ”, and in head (b) of paragraph 2 the words “ or committee ”shall cease to have effect.
(2) In paragraph 5(2)(b) of that Schedule, for sub-heads (i) and (ii), there shall be substituted the following—
“(i) the council of any islands area or district within which the track or any part thereof is situated; and
(ii) the general planning authority or district planning authority for any area which includes the track or any part thereof;”;
and at the end of sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following words “ and for the purposes of this and the next succeeding paragraph “general planning authority” and “district planning authority” have the meanings conferred on them by section 172 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. ”.
(3) For paragraph 6(3) of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(3) The authorities referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(e) of this paragraph are—
(a) the general planning authority or district planning authority for any area which includes the track or any part thereof;
(b) the council of any region (not being a general planning authority) which includes the track or any part thereof;
(c) any other local authority whose area adjoins any district which includes the track or any part thereof,
where that authority or council are not the licensing authority.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/24/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-24/paragraph-27
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