{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-planning-scotland-act-1982/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-planning-scotland-act-1982/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/43",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-planning-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions by sub-committees of local authorities.",
  "text": "For section 56(2) of the 1973 Act (which permits a committee of a local authority to arrange for a sub-committee or an officer of the authority to discharge functions of the authority) there shall be substituted the following subsection—\n“(2) Where by virtue of this section any function of a local authority may be discharged by any committee or sub-committee of theirs, then, unless the local authority otherwise direct—\n(a) the committee may arrange for the discharge of any of those functions by a sub-committee or an officer of the authority ; and\n(b) the sub-committee, whether assigned the discharge of functions by the authority or by a committee, may arrange for the discharge of any such functions by an officer of the authority.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/43/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:56.660748+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}