# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Section 85: Acceptance of gifts of property.

Extent: S

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/85 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-85
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