Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

111 Cessation of certain byelaws and saving for certain byelaws.S

(1)Byelaws—

(a)made under an enactment repealed by the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 but saved by section 381 of that Act;

(b)made under an enactment repealed by the M2Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 but saved by section 225(1) of that Act;

(c)penalising persons allowing dogs in their charge to deposit excrement on footpaths or footways (construed in accordance with section 48(4) of this Act)

shall cease to have effect.

(2)Notwithstanding—

(a)subsection (1) above;

(b)the repeal by or under this Act of any enactment conferring a power to make byelaws; and

(c)the repeal as at the end of 1984 by sections 229(1) and 225(6) of the M3Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Acts 1892 to 1911 and the local statutory provisions to which the said section 225(6) applies,

any byelaws which—

(i)are of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above; or

(ii)were made under any power contained in an enactment repealed by this Act or contained in those Acts of 1892 to 1911 or in those local statutory provisions and could be made under this Act

shall continue in force until the end of 1986 unless earlier revoked and, during the period for which they are continued in force under this section, may be dealt with in all respects as if having effect under the M4Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.