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154 Piers and Harbours.
(1) . . ., all rights which are presently vested in regional, islands or district councils in relation to harbours, piers, boatslips and jetties, all functions relating thereto, and all liabilities to which regional, islands or district councils are subject in that connection, are hereby transferred to the . . . council within whose area the harbour, pier, boatslip or jetty is situated, and the enactments specified in Schedule 19 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule.
(2) Where a harbour is situated partly within the area of one . . . council and partly within the area of another . . . council, all such rights, functions and liabilities as aforesaid shall be transferred to those councils jointly.
(3) A . . .council or any two or more . . . councils acting in combination may acquire by agreement, or, if so authorised by the Secretary of State, may acquire compulsorily—
(a) land for the purpose of constructing, re-constructing, extending or improving a marine work;
(b) any harbour whose acquisition is considered by the council to be desirable in the interests of their area and
(i) whose maintenance is to be discontinued by its owner, or
(ii) which is considered by the council to be in a poor state of repair,
and sections 70(2) to (5) and 71(3) and (4) of this Act shall apply respectively to acquisition by agreement or compulsorily under this subsection as they apply for the purposes of those sections.
(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) If a local authority so elects and notifies the Secretary of State accordingly, Part III of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 shall apply to any harbour transferred to or acquired by them under this section which is not a marine work as if it were a marine work.
(5) A local authority may make loans to a harbour authority for a harbour wholly or partly situated within their area, on such terms as may be agreed between the local authority and the harbour authority, for the purpose of enabling the harbour authority to do anything which they have power to do.
(6) Where provisions of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 have been incorporated with any enactment, the amendments made by this Act in that Act shall be so incorporated.
(7) In this section —
“council” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; and
“harbour authority” and “marine work” have the same meanings as in section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 and so has “harbour” except that it does not include a ferry within the meaning of section 153(5) of this Act
Your change, as a redline
154 Piers and Harbours.
(1) . . ., all rights which are presently vested in regional, islands or district councils in relation to harbours, piers, boatslips and jetties, all functions relating thereto, and all liabilities to which regional, islands or district councils are subject in that connection, are hereby transferred to the . . . council within whose area the harbour, pier, boatslip or jetty is situated, and the enactments specified in Schedule 19 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule.
(2) Where a harbour is situated partly within the area of one . . . council and partly within the area of another . . . council, all such rights, functions and liabilities as aforesaid shall be transferred to those councils jointly.
(3) A . . .council or any two or more . . . councils acting in combination may acquire by agreement, or, if so authorised by the Secretary of State, may acquire compulsorily—
(a) land for the purpose of constructing, re-constructing, extending or improving a marine work;
(b) any harbour whose acquisition is considered by the council to be desirable in the interests of their area and
(i) whose maintenance is to be discontinued by its owner, or
(ii) which is considered by the council to be in a poor state of repair,
and sections 70(2) to (5) and 71(3) and (4) of this Act shall apply respectively to acquisition by agreement or compulsorily under this subsection as they apply for the purposes of those sections.
(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) If a local authority so elects and notifies the Secretary of State accordingly, Part III of the Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937 shall apply to any harbour transferred to or acquired by them under this section which is not a marine work as if it were a marine work.
(5) A local authority may make loans to a harbour authority for a harbour wholly or partly situated within their area, on such terms as may be agreed between the local authority and the harbour authority, for the purpose of enabling the harbour authority to do anything which they have power to do.
(6) Where provisions of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 have been incorporated with any enactment, the amendments made by this Act in that Act shall be so incorporated.
(7) In this section —
“council” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994; and
“harbour authority” and “marine work” have the same meanings as in section 57(1) of the Harbours Act 1964 and so has “harbour” except that it does not include a ferry within the meaning of section 153(5) of this Act
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