# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, Paragraph 6: Assessment of compensation for diminution of emoluments.


In the case of an officer who suffers any diminution of the emoluments of an office, the compensation shall not exceed a sum bearing the same proportion to the amount of compensation which could have been awarded if his office had been determined as the amount by which the emoluments of the office are diminished bears to the amount of those emoluments before diminution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/43/schedule/ELEVENTH/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1947/schedule-ELEVENTH/paragraph-6
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