Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 Local government areas in Scotland. 2 Constitution of councils. 3 Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles. 4 Convener and depute convener. 5 Elections and term of office of councillors. 6 Date of elections. 7 Establishment of new local authorities and supplementary provisions. 8 Transfer of employees. 9 Effect of section 8 on contracts of employment. 10 Continuity of employment. 11 Remuneration of employees of local authorities. 12 Staff commission. 13 Compensation for loss of office or diminution of emoluments. 14 Employment by new authorities. 15 Transfer of property. 16 Property held on trust. 17 Educational endowments. 18 Residuary bodies. 19 Property commission. 20 Joint committees and joint boards. 21 Application of section 211 of the 1973 Act to joint boards. 22 Community councils. 23 Duty to prepare decentralisation schemes. 24 Transitional provisions: finance. 25 Financing of new authorities prior to 1st April 1996. 26 Valuation lists. 27 Valuation areas and authorities and appointment of assessors etc. 28 Valuation rolls. 29 Valuation appeal panels and committees. 30 Rating authorities. 31 Education. 32 Co-operation between education authorities. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Reorganisation of police areas. 35 Amalgamation schemes. 36 Fire services. 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Roads. 39 Roads authority for boundary bridges. 40 Establishment etc. of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority. 41 Amendment of section 13 of Transport Act 1968. 42 Power to secure management of traffic control system. 43 Guidance as to exercise of traffic powers. 44 Restriction on order-making powers of existing authorities. 45 Chief social work officer. 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Proceedings in district courts: transitional provisions. 48 Amendment of District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975. 49 Justices of the peace. 50 Stipendiary magistrates. 51 Registration of births, deaths and marriages. 52 Tweed Fisheries Commissioners. 53 Records held by local authorities. 54 Use, acquisition and disposal of records. 55 Restriction on disposal of assets and entering into contracts by existing authorities. 56 Duty of existing authorities and assessors to provide information to new authorities. 57 Power and duty of existing local authorities to assist new authorities. 58 Further provision as to discharge of functions by authorities. 59 Local Acts and instruments. 60 Applications to sheriff in cases of difficulty. 61 Interpretation of Part I. 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 General duties of Secretary of State and of new authorities. 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Scottish Water and Sewerage Customers Council. 67A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Authorisation of construction of certain private sewers etc. 102 Emptying of septic tanks. 103 Register as respects trade effluents. 104 Disapplication of restrictions on disclosure of information. 105 Restriction on references to Secretary of State of questions regarding water supply. 106 Removal of restriction on supply of water to premises outwith water authority’s limits of supply. 107 Supply of water for use outwith Scotland. 108 Further provision as regards removal of restrictions on supply of water outwith limits of supply. 109 Right of objection to proposed laying of mains. 110 Vesting of certain supply pipes. 111 Duty of water authority to keep map showing water mains etc. 112 Simplification of provisions as respects opting for water supply by meter. 113 Actings of Secretary of State on default of water authority. 114 Publication and provision of information as respects quality of private supplies of water. 115 Regulations as to certain procedures. 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 The Principal Reporter. 128 The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. 129 Appeal against dismissal of Principal Reporter and other officers. 130 Annual report of Principal Reporter. 131 Delegation of Principal Reporter’s functions. 132 Duty of Administration to provide accommodation etc. for children’s hearings. 133 Ancillary powers of Administration. 134 Directions by the Secretary of State. 135 Government grants to the Administration. 136 Reports, accounts etc. of the Administration. 137 Staff: application of Chapter 2 of Part I. 138 Property etc.: application of Chapter 3 of Part I. 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Power of local authorities to provide assistance to voluntary organisations. 141 Byelaws under section 121 of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982. 142 Organisation of polling districts. 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Denominational schools: proposals under section 22D of Education (Scotland) Act 1980. 145 Provision of school transport and other facilities. 146 Definition of “road”. 147 Provisions consequential on making of special road order. 148 Toll orders. 149 Road works register. 150 Traffic signs. 151 Exclusion from valuation roll of fishings and fish counters 152 Amendment of definition of “lands and heritages”. 153 Power of Secretary of State to prescribe amount of non-domestic rate. 154 Rating of unoccupied lands and heritages. 155 Rating of lands and heritages partly unoccupied for a short time. 156 Remission of rates on account of hardship. 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Grants in respect of certain rate rebates. 159 Rating of enterprise zone. 160 Further provision as to valuation by formula. 161 Power of Secretary of State to combine and divide lands and heritages. 162 Abolition of Scottish Valuation Advisory Council. 163 Guarantees by Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority. 164 Calculation of limits on spending. 165 Powers of authorities to borrow and lend money. 166 Grants in relation to ethnic minorities. 167 Special grants. 168 Direct Labour Organisation/ Direct Services Organisation Accounts. 169 Statements of support services costs. 170 Effective use of resources. 171 Functions to include promotion of economic development. 172 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Powers to carry on tourism-related activities. 177 Parliamentary disqualification. 178 Financial provisions. 179 Savings. 180 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals 181 Consequential and supplementary provisions 182 Further transitional provisions. 183 Interpretation and amendment of statutory references 184 Short title, commencement and extent SCHEDULE 1 New Local Government Areas SCHEDULE 2 Establishment of New Local Authorities SCHEDULE 3 Residuary Bodies SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 5 Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority SCHEDULE 6 Entry relating to new Scottish local authority to be inserted in Schedule 1 to the Tweed Fisheries Act 1969 SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 8 SCHEDULE 9 Schedule 9A SCHEDULE 10 SCHEDULE 11 SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments SCHEDULE 14 Repeals
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47 Proceedings in district courts: transitional provisions.
Where proceedings were instituted before 1st April 1996 in any district court and those proceedings have not been completed by that date, then, for the purpose of enabling those proceedings to be continued on and after that date, and for preserving in other respects the continuity of the administration of justice—
(a) the district court having jurisdiction on and after that date in the area where the proceedings were instituted shall be treated as succeeding to, and being the same court as, the district court in which the proceedings were instituted, and any verdict, sentence, order, complaint, notice, citation, warrant, or other proceedings or document shall have effect accordingly; and
(b) the clerk of the district court in which the proceedings were instituted shall transfer all records, productions and documents relating to those proceedings to the clerk of the district court treated as succeeding to that court.
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47 Proceedings in district courts: transitional provisions.
Where proceedings were instituted before 1st April 1996 in any district court and those proceedings have not been completed by that date, then, for the purpose of enabling those proceedings to be continued on and after that date, and for preserving in other respects the continuity of the administration of justice—
(a) the district court having jurisdiction on and after that date in the area where the proceedings were instituted shall be treated as succeeding to, and being the same court as, the district court in which the proceedings were instituted, and any verdict, sentence, order, complaint, notice, citation, warrant, or other proceedings or document shall have effect accordingly; and
(b) the clerk of the district court in which the proceedings were instituted shall transfer all records, productions and documents relating to those proceedings to the clerk of the district court treated as succeeding to that court.
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