Notification of Births Act, 1907

Application to Scotland.

60 & 61 Vict. c. 38.

4. In the application of this Act to Scotland—

(1) The expression “Local Government Board” means the Local Government Board for Scotland;

(2) The expression “sub-district” means parish or district;

(3) The expression “local authority” and the expression “council” mean the local authority under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, and subsection four of section two shall not apply;

(4) An offence may be tried before the sheriff or before any magistrate of a royal, parliamentary, or police burgh officiating under the provisions of any local or general Police Act; and an offender failing to make payment of a penalty shall be liable to imprisonment in terms of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.