# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Paragraph 5

Extent: S

(1) Subject to this or any other Act and to any provisions of standing orders relating to the suspension of such ordersor 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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/7/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-7/paragraph-5
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