# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Section 136: Deposit of poisonous waste.


(1) The local authority for the purposes of the Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972 shall be an islands council or a district council; and accordingly in section 5(1)(b) of that Act for the words “county councils and town” there shall be substituted the words “ islands councils and district ”.
(2) In section 3(5), 4(3) and 5(3) of that Act for any reference to a river purification board there shall be substituted a reference to a river purification authority.
(3) In section 7 of that Act after the definition of “refuse tip” there shall be inserted the following definition “ “river purification authority” has the same meaning as in section 17 of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951, but shall not include an islands council. ”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/136 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-136
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