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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 1894 c.58 An Act to establish a Local Government Board for Scotland, and make further provision for Local Government in Scotland, and for other purposes. [25th August 1894]
Propose a changeThis Act may be cited as the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1894, and this Act, and the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889, (herein-after called the principal Act,) shall, except as otherwise provided by this Act, be construed as one Act, and may be cited together as the Local Government (Scotland) Acts.
Propose a changeThis Act shall extend to Scotland only.
Propose a change(1)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) The heritors of any parish may transfer the property of any churchyard which they hold to the parish council, and the parish council, if they accept such transfer, shall thereafter hold such churchyard for the same purposes and subject to the same rights for and subject to which it was held by such heritors, and shall have and may exercise and perform all the powers and duties before such transfer vested in or imposed on such heritors in relation to the churchyard transferred (except any power or duty of enlarging or extending such churchyard and assessing for the cost of such enlargement or extension): . . . : and provided also that such transfer shall not alter or transfer any liability to assess for the repayment of any debt or the incidence of any assessment levied for such repayment. After such transfer the powers and duties transferred shall no longer be exercised and performed by such heritors. (7)—(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Propose a changeExpressions used in this Act have the same meaning, if not inconsistent with the context, as expressions used in the principal Act: Provided that, if not inconsistent with the context— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “parish” means a parish quoad civilia which is at the passing of this Act or may hereafter be constituted a separate parish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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