{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-138",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-138.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/138",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Coast protection.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In the said Act of 1949 the following amendments shall be made—\n(a) for section 1(1) (coast protection authorities), there shall be substituted the following subsection—\n“(1) The council of a region any part of which adjoins the sea or of an islands area shall be the coast protection authority for that region or area, as the case may be.”;\n(b) in section 20(5) (contributions towards expenses of coast protection) for the word “burgh” there shall be substituted the word “ district ”;\n(c) in section 22 (power to use for incidental purposes land acquired for coast protection)—\n(i) in subsection (2), for the words “burgh or county” there shall be substituted the words “ region or islands area ”.\n(ii) in subsection (3), for the reference to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 there shall be substituted a reference to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;\n(d) in section 30 (transfer and compensation of officers, and superannuation rights), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—\n“(4) This section shall not apply to Scotland.”;\n(e) in section 45(1)(b) (service of notices and other documents), for the words “or burgh” there shall be substituted the words “ or in Scotland the council of a region, islands area or district ”;\n(f) in section 46(4) (local inquiries), for the words from “subsection (2)” to “1947” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (2) and subsections (4) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 ”;\n(g) in Schedule 1 (procedure for making orders), for paragraph 8(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(b) for references to the London Gazette and to a county or county district there shall be substituted respectively references to the Edinburgh Gazette and to a region, islands area or district”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 138(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 92(37), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 130(3), 132(2), 134(2), 135(10), 138(2), 146(2)-(9), 147(2)(6)-(8), 155(2)(3)(5)-(7), 156(2)(3), 166(2), 170(2), 175, 184, 213(3), 237(1), Schs. 16, 19, 21 paras. 2-12 and Sch. 26 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes In Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:26.996319+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}