# Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982, Section 32: Delegation of functions by sub-committees of local authorities.


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—
“(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—
(a) the committee may arrange for the discharge of any of those functions by a sub-committee or an officer of the authority ; and
(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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/43/section/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-planning-scotland-act-1982/section-32
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