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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

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202B Register of byelaws.

(1) A local authority shall, in accordance with this section, keep a register of all byelaws which they have power to revoke or amend. (2) The register kept under subsection (1) above shall contain— (a) a description of the byelaws, including a description of any offences created and penalties imposed by the byelaws; (b) the date or dates when the byelaws and any amendments to them were confirmed; (c) the date or dates when the byelaws and any amendments to them came or come into operation; and (d) the date when the byelaws and any amendments to them were last reviewed under section 202A of this Act. (3) The register kept under subsection (1) above shall at such reasonable times and places as the local authority may determine be open to public inspection and any member of the public may make a copy of or extract from anything in it. (4) No payment shall be charged or taken by the local authority for any inspection or the making of any copy or extract under subsection (3) above. (5) The local authority may, on payment of such reasonable fee as they may determine, issue a certified true copy of an entry in the register; and any document purporting to be certified by the proper officer of the local authority as a true copy of an entry shall be sufficient evidence of the terms of the original entry.

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202B Register of byelaws.

(1) A local authority shall, in accordance with this section, keep a register of all byelaws which they have power to revoke or amend. (2) The register kept under subsection (1) above shall contain— (a) a description of the byelaws, including a description of any offences created and penalties imposed by the byelaws; (b) the date or dates when the byelaws and any amendments to them were confirmed; (c) the date or dates when the byelaws and any amendments to them came or come into operation; and (d) the date when the byelaws and any amendments to them were last reviewed under section 202A of this Act. (3) The register kept under subsection (1) above shall at such reasonable times and places as the local authority may determine be open to public inspection and any member of the public may make a copy of or extract from anything in it. (4) No payment shall be charged or taken by the local authority for any inspection or the making of any copy or extract under subsection (3) above. (5) The local authority may, on payment of such reasonable fee as they may determine, issue a certified true copy of an entry in the register; and any document purporting to be certified by the proper officer of the local authority as a true copy of an entry shall be sufficient evidence of the terms of the original entry.

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