{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-4/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-4/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may appoint a secretary to Boundaries Scotland and such other officers and servants of Boundaries Scotland as he may . . . determine.\n(2) Before appointing a person to be secretary to Boundaries Scotland, the Secretary of State shall consult with Boundaries Scotland.\n(3) The terms and conditions of appointment of any person appointed under this paragraph shall be determined by the Secretary of State . . ..\n(4) Boundaries Scotland may, with the approval of the Secretary of State . . . pay to its officers and servants such remuneration, allowances and expenses as may from time to time be determined.\n(5) Boundaries Scotland may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, pay such pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of any of its officers or servants on their retirement or death, or make such payments towards the provision of such pensions, allowances or gratuities, as may be determined.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(1) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(2)(k); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(1) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(3)(k)(i); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 8 words repealed (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820 arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 53(3), Pt. 4; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(2) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(3)(k)(ii); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(4) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(3)(k)(iii); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(5) substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 1(3)(k)(iv); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/4/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:33:42.931634+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."
}