# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Section 138: Coast protection.

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(2) In the said Act of 1949 the following amendments shall be made—
(a) for section 1(1) (coast protection authorities), there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(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.”;
(b) in section 20(5) (contributions towards expenses of coast protection) for the word “burgh” there shall be substituted the word “ district ”;
(c) in section 22 (power to use for incidental purposes land acquired for coast protection)—
(i) in subsection (2), for the words “burgh or county” there shall be substituted the words “ region or islands area ”.
(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;
(d) in section 30 (transfer and compensation of officers, and superannuation rights), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
“(4) This section shall not apply to Scotland.”;
(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 ”;
(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 ”;
(g) in Schedule 1 (procedure for making orders), for paragraph 8(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/138 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-138
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