# Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982, Paragraph 26


In Schedule 7 (which relates to meetings and proceedings of local authorities)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—
“(2) If the chairman is absent from a meeting of the council, the vice-chairman shall preside.
(3) If the chairman and vice-chairman are absent from a meeting of the council, another member of the council chosen by the members present shall preside.” ; and
(b) in paragraph 10—
(i) for sub-paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(1) Paragraphs 5 to 9 above (except paragraph 7(2)) shall apply in relation to—
(a) a committee (including a joint committee) of a council and that committee’s members ; or
(b) a sub-committee of any such committee of a council and that sub-committee’s members,
as those paragraphs apply in relation to a council and that council’s members.” ; and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (2), after the word “members” there shall be inserted the words “recorded under paragraph 6 above as having been ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/43/schedule/3/paragraph/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-planning-scotland-act-1982/schedule-3/paragraph-26
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