# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, Paragraph 8: Right of appeal.


An appeal may be submitted to the Secretary of State—
(a) by a claimant who is aggrieved by the failure of a local authority to inform him of their decision upon his claim within the time required by any direction of the Secretary of State or by the refusal of the authority to grant any compensation or by the amount of compensation assessed, within three months after the failure or after the date on which he receives notice of the decision of the authority, as the case may be, and
(b) if not less than one-third of the members of a local authority subscribe to a protest against the amount of compensation granted by the authority as being excessive, by any subscriber to the protest, within three months after the decision of the authority,
and the Secretary of State shall consider the case and determine whether any compensation and if so what amount ought to be granted to the claimant, and his determination shall be final.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/43/schedule/ELEVENTH/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1947/schedule-ELEVENTH/paragraph-8
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