{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/39",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Elections and term of office of councillors.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1C) After the ordinary election of councillors in 2017 the next ordinary election shall take place in 2022, and ordinary elections shall take place every fifth year after that.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Councillors shall retire on the day on which the poll is held at the ordinary election next following the date on which they were elected.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5(1) repealed (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 5(1A) repealed (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), ss. 2(1)(a), 35; S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 5(1B) repealed (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), ss. 2(1)(a), 35; S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 5(1C) inserted (31.3.2016) by Scottish Elections (Dates) Act 2016 (asp 13), ss. 2(3), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 5(1C) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), ss. 2(1)(b), 35; S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 5(2) repealed (30.4.2010) by Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 (asp 10), ss. 1(2), 3(2)(3), Sch. para. 2; S.S.I. 2010/132, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 5(3) repealed (30.4.2010) by Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2009 (asp 10), ss. 1(2), 3(2)(3), Sch. para. 2; S.S.I. 2010/132, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 5(4) substituted (22.1.2002) by 2002 asp 1, s. 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 5(5) repealed (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 5(6) repealed (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 5 applied (1.4.1996) by 1973 c. 65, s. 235(1) (as substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(66)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))S. 5 applied (1.4.1996) by 1988 c. 47, s. 22(2) (as substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 158(3)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:34.733196+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."
}