Blind Persons Act, 1920

Application to Scotland and Ireland.

8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 48.

8 Edw. 7. c. 67.

4.(1) This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:—

(a) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 2 and paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of section 3 shall not apply;

(b) The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (6) of section 2—

(6) Education Authorities under the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, shall make or otherwise secure adequate and suitable provision for the technical education of blind persons ordinarily resident in their areas who are capable of receiving and being benefited by such education.

(c) The expression “county borough” has the meaning assigned thereto in section one hundred and thirty-two of the Children Act, 1908, and the provisions of subsection (21) of that section so far as applicable to county and town councils shall apply for the purposes of this Act with the substitution of references to this Act for references to the Children Act, 1908, or any section thereof;

(d) References to the Minister of Health and to the Charity Commissioners shall be construed as references to the Scottish Board of Health.

(2) This Act shall apply to Ireland subject to the following modifications:—

(a) References to the Minister of Health shall be construed as references to the Local Government Board for Ireland;

(b) The expenses incurred by a council under this Act shall be defrayed out of the poor rate, and in the case of a county council shall be raised as a county at large charge, and a council may borrow for the purposes of this Act under Article 22 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.