Explanatory note

This Order transfers to and vests in the Scottish Transport Group the Scalasaig Pier undertaking on Colonsay together with all rights, interests and privileges presently vested in or used by Strathclyde Regional Council in relation to that undertaking. Strathclyde Regional Council are the present undertakers at Scalasaig by virtue of section 154 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 which section transferred the pier undertaking from Argyll County Council to them. Provision is made for all conveyances, contracts, agreements or deeds entered into by Strathclyde Regional Council in relation to that undertaking to remain binding and in full force against or in favour of the Group and for all legal or other proceedings in relation to that undertaking to be carried on with the substitution of the Group as a party to the proceedings in lieu of Strathclyde Regional Council. This Order also provides that sections 202 and 203 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 shall apply to byelaws for the pier undertaking made by the Group and that byelaws and regulations in force when this Order comes into operation shall continue in force.

This Order being subject to special parliamentary procedure, the provisions of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Acts of 1945 and 1965 determine the date upon which it comes into force. The applicants for this Order are the Scottish Transport Group, Carron House, 114/116 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4LX.