Section 34 Miscellaneous provisions relating to local authorities, etc. in Scotland.
Scotland
A local authority in Scotland may execute outside their area any works which under this Part of this Act they may execute within their area, subject to entering into an agreement with the local authority of the area in which the works are being carried out as to the terms and conditions on which any such works are to be executed.
A local authority in Scotland may by agreement with the owner of a disused tip themselves execute at his expense any works which they have under this Part of this Act required him to execute, and for that purpose they shall have all such rights as he would have.
In the application of this Part of this Act to Scotland, the provisions of the following enactments shall apply for any purpose of this Part of this Act as they apply for the purposes of the respective enactments, and as if any reference in these enactments to any local authorityF1 and, in the case of section 37(3) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 8), the reference to “any such person” were a reference to a local authority within the meaning of this Part of this Act, that is to say,—
section F2 37(3) and (4) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (power to require information as to ownership of premises);
section 166 of the M1Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (protection of members and officers of local authorities from personal liability);
section 16 of the M2Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958 (Crown rights).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 34(3) inserted (1.5.2005) by Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 8), s. 59(1), Sch. 6 para. 3(a) (with s. 53); S.S.I. 2004/404, art. 2(1)
- F2
Words in s. 34(3)(a) substituted (1.5.2005) by Building (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 8), s. 59(1), Sch. 6 para. 3(b) (with s. 53); S.S.I. 2004/404, art. 2(1)
Marginal citations
- M1
- M2