# Polish Resettlement Act 1947, Section 11: Application to Scotland.


(1) The provision of this section shall have effect for the purpose of the application of this Act to Scotland.
(2) Subsections (8) and (9) of section three shall not apply.
(3) Section four shall have effect as if there were substituted—
(a) for any reference to the Minister of Health a reference to the Secretary of State; and
(b) in subsection (1) for the reference to the National Health Service Act, 1946, a reference to the National Health Service (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1972the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; for the reference to the Mental Health Act 1983, a reference to Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003; and for the reference to “local health authorities” a reference to “local authorities.”
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(5) In the application of the Schedule to Scotland—
(a) paragraph 3 shall have effect as if the Poor Law Act, 1930, extended to Scotland;
(b) paragraph 5 shall have effect as if the word “summarily” were omitted, and the reference to a time limit of one year for the institution of proceedings for recovery shall not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/19/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/polish-resettlement-act-1947/section-11
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