Local Government in Scotland Act 2003(b)

Local Government in Scotland Act 2003

2003 Chapter 1 - continued

Part 9 - General

Section 57 - Power to modify enactments

128. Subsection (1) enables the Scottish Ministers, by order, to amend, repeal, revoke or disapply any legislation that they consider prevents or hinders local authorities in complying with their duties of Best Value and Community Planning, and their use of the power of well-being; and any legislation that requires local authorities to prepare, produce or publish any plan or strategy. This power may be used to assist in the effective use of the power of well being and to assist in the Community Planning process and can apply to all local authorities, a class or classes of local authority, or a particular local authority or local authorities. An enactment may be amended or disapplied for a particular period of time.

Section 58 - Ancillary provision

129. This section gives the Scottish Ministers a power to make orders containing such ancillary provision as is necessary or expedient for the purposes or in consequence of the Act.

Section 59 - Equal Opportunities

130. This section places a duty on the Scottish Ministers, local authorities, those authorities, bodies, office holders and other persons mentioned in section 16(1) (i.e. those subject to the duty to participate in Community Planning) and any other person discharging a function under the Act to carry out their functions in a way which encourages equal opportunities and observes equal opportunity requirements.

Section 60 - Repeals and consequential amendments

131. This section repeals legislation that is incompatible with, or superseded by, the Act.

Section 61 - Definitions

132. This section defines "joint fire board", "joint police board" and "local authority" for the purposes of the various sections of the Act.

Section 62 - Short title and commencement

133. This section gives the Act the title of Local Government in Scotland Act 2003. The section allows the Scottish Ministers to set different dates to commence different provisions of the Act by order.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SCOTLAND ACT 2003 The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings and the dates on which Committee Reports were published and the references to those Reports.
Proceedings and Reports	Reference
*Stage 1*
(a) Local Government Committee
13^th Report, 2002	23 September 2002
16^th Meeting, 2002	5 June 2002, cols 2980-3026
17^th Meeting, 2002	11 June 2002, cols 3050-end
18^th Meeting, 2002	18 June 2002, cols 3070-end
19^th Meeting, 2002	25 June 2002, cols 3130-end
Subordinate Legislation Committee
23^rd Meeting, 2002	3 September 2002, cols 987-988
24^th Meeting, 2002	10 September 2002, col 999
Health and Community Care Committee
26^th Meeting, 2002	26 June 2002, cols 2878-end
Equal Opportunities Committee
11^th Meeting, 2002	11 June 2002, cols 1508-end
12^th Meeting, 2002	25 June 2002, cols 1526-1537
13^th Meeting, 2002	3 September 2002, col 1542-end
(b) Consideration by the Parliament
*Stage 2*
(a) Local Government Committee
30^th Meeting, 2002	26 November 2002, cols 3566-3579
29^th Meeting 2002	19 November 2002, cols 3491-3516
28^th Meeting 2002	12 November 2002, cols 3448-3463
27^th Meeting 2002	5 November 2002, cols 3402-3429
Subordinate Legislation Committee
2^nd Report 2003: Local Government in Scotland Bill as amended at Stage 2 Delegated Powers Scrutiny	8 January 2003
1^st Meeting 2003	7 January 2003, cols 1148-1152
36^th Meeting 2002	17 December 2002, cols 1130-1135
*Stage 3*
Consideration by the Parliament
Stage 3 Debate and Parliamentary vote	8 January 2003, cols 16711-16775
Royal Assent- 11 February 2003

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