# Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 (repealed 1.4.1996), Section 7: Application to Scotland.

Extent: E+W+S

This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:—
(1) for any reference to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State;
(2) in the application of section one—
for subsections (5) and (6) the following subsections shall be respectively substituted:
“[(5)Any contributions made under this section shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament,]
(6) Local authorities for the purposes of this section shall be—
(a) the council of any region or islands area;
(b) a combination of any such councils whether constituted under the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, or otherwise for the purposes . . . of works in regard to sewerage;
(c) any board or any trustees or other body constituted under a local Act for the purposes . . . of sewerage;”
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) sections two, four, five and six shall not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/7-8/26/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rural-water-supplies-and-sewerage-act-1944-repealed-141996/section-7
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