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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 (c.51)

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966

1966 CHAPTER 51

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Grants

    1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Rate support grants for local authorities

      1. 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 5, 5A... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Specific grants

      1. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 11. Grants for certain expenditure in relation to ethnic minorities

  2. Part II

    Rates

    1. Local authority apportionments etc

      1. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 13. Amendment of the Act of 1963

      3. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Valuation and Rating

      1. 15. Valuation according to tone of roll

      2. 16. Determination of cumulo rateable value and rateable value pertaining to water undertakings

      3. 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 19. Gas and Electricity Boards: rating of showrooms

      6. 20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      7. 21. Amendment of section 22 of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956

      8. 22. Complaints regarding omissions from the valuation roll

      9. 23. Amendment of section 7 of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Amendment Act 1879

    3. Rating of unoccupied property

      1. 24. Unoccupied lands and heritages

      2. 24A. Lands and heritages partly unoccupied for a short time

      3. 24B. Certain lands and heritages to be treated as unoccupied

      4. 25. Provisions supplementary to section 24

    4. Exemption from payment of rates

      1. 25A. Remission of rates on account of hardship

      2. 26, 27... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Roads

    1. 28—34... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    1. Miscellaneous and General

      1. 35. Placing of staff etc. of local authority at disposal of Secretary of State or of another local authority

      2. 36, 37... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 38. Amendment of section 187 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

      4. 39.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 40. Interpretation of “public utility undertaking” in section 379(1) of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

      6. 41. Payments by local authorities to offset effect of selective employment tax

      7. 42. Amendment of certain enactments relating to licences

      8. 43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      9. 44. Game Licences

      10. 45. Orders and regulations

      11. 46. General interpretation

      12. 47. Expenses

      13. 48. Amendments and repeals

      14. 49. Short title and extent

  5. SCHEDULE 1 . . .

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    Valuation of Water Undertakings

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    Rating of Unoccupied Property

  8. SCHEDULE 4

    Licences etc

  9. SCHEDULE 5

    Consequential Amendments

  10. SCHEDULE 6

An Act to make further provision, in relation to Scotland, with respect to the payment of grants to local authorities, valuation and rating, local authority expenditure and functions, and the classification and lighting of highways; to repeal or amend certain enactments relating to local licences and registrations; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[21st December 1966]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act amended by Water (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 78), s. 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 17

C2Councils of counties, counties of cities, large burghs, small burghs and districts now abolished and regional, islands and district councils constituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1

C3Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C4Act explained by National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 16, SIF 78), s. 20

C5Act modified by Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47, SIF 77:2), ss. 1 (6), 43, s. 45(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(4), Sch. 4 para. 3(1)

C6Act modified by Dockyard Services Act 1986 (c. 52, SIF 58), s. 3(1)(c)

C7Act modified by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), ss. 4(1), 26(1)

C8Act applied by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), ss. 5(7), 26(1)