SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 22 Minor and consequential amendments
The Agriculture Act 1970
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1
The M1Agriculture Act 1970 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.
2
In section 92(1) (provision of flood warning systems)—
a
for the words from the beginning to “may” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the words “
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency may
”
;
b
the words “for their area” and “both within (and in the case of a river purification board) outwith, that area,” shall cease to have effect;
c
in sub-paragraph (i) of the proviso—
i
for the words “a river purification board” there shall be substituted the words “
the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
”
;
ii
for the word “them” there shall be substituted the word “
it
”
; and
iii
for the words “that board” there shall be substituted the words “
the Agency
”
; and
d
in sub-paragraph (ia) of the proviso for the words following “exercise” to “shall” there shall be substituted the words “
, the Agency shall
”
.
3
In section 92(2)—
a
in paragraph (a)(iii) for the words “the authority providing the system” there shall be substituted the words “
the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
”
;
b
paragraph (c) (definition of “river purification board”) shall cease to have effect.
4
In section 94 (co-operation with other persons as regards flood warning systems)—
a
in subsection (1) for the words following “warning system” to “may” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the words “
the Scottish Environment Protection Agency may
”
and for the words following “belonging to the” to “for” there shall be substituted the words “
Agency for
”
;
b
in subsection (2) for the words from the beginning to “may” and for the words following “apparatus of” there shall be substituted the words “
The Agency may
”
and “
the Agency
”
respectively.
5
In section 98 (extent of Part VI)—
a
for the words from the beginning to “England” there shall be substituted the words “
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency
”
;
b
for the words “section 92(1)(b)” there shall be substituted the words “
section 92(1)
”
; and
c
for the words “the National Rivers Authority” there shall be substituted the words “
the Environment Agency
”
.