Section 85 Acceptance of gifts of property.C1

Scotland

A local authority may accept, hold and administer—

(a)

for the purpose of discharging any of their functions, gifts of property, whether heritable or moveable, made for that purpose; or

(b)

for the benefit of the inhabitants of their area or of some part of it, gifts made for that purpose;

and may execute any work (including works of maintenance or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the exercise of the powers conferred by this section.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: S. 85 applied (temp. from 6.4.1995 until 1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/789, art. 2, Sch. para. 3

Notes on Part VI

Modifications

C1: Pt. VI modified (2.8.2014) by City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Act 2014 (asp 15), ss. 1, 5
C2: Pt. VI applied (24.2.2016) by National Galleries of Scotland Act 2016 (asp 6), ss. 1, 4