Paragraph 5 C1
Scotland
Subject to this or any other Act F1and to any provisions of standing orders relating to the suspension of such ordersF2or to the procedure for early removal from office of the convener or depute convener, all questions coming or arising before a council shall be decided by a majority of the members of the council present and voting thereon at a meeting of the council.
In the case of an equality of votes the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote except where the matter which is the subject of the vote relates to the appointment of a member of the council to any particular office or committee, in which case the decision shall be by lot.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 54(b)(c)
- F2
Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(69)(c); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 7 paras. 5-9 applied (with modifications) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3026, arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 2 para. 11
Notes on Schedule 7
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (temp. from 6.4.1995 until 1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/789, art. 2, Sch. para. 3
Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (25.4.2002) by The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/201), art. {10(5)}
Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) (7.1.2003) by The Cairngorms National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Scotland) Order 2003 (S.S.I 2003/1), {art. 10(5)}
- C2
Sch. 7 modified (1.4.2003) by Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (asp 1), ss. 43(3), 62; S.S.I. 2003/134, art. 2(1), Sch.