{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-103B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/section-103B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/65",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/103B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103B",
  "heading": "Action by Commission on receipt of special reports",
  "text": "(1) On receiving a special report under section 102(3) of this Act from the Controller of Audit, the Commission may—\n(a) direct the Controller to carry out further investigations;\n(b) hold a hearing;\n(c) state a case on any question of law arising on the special report for the opinion of the Court of Session;\n(d) subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, do none of the above.\n(2) The Commission shall hold a hearing if requested to so in writing by—\n(a) the local authority which was sent a copy of the report under section 102(3A) of this Act;\n(b) any person, named or referred to in the report—\n(i) as being to blame in connection with an item of account being contrary to law;\n(ii) whose failure, negligence or misconduct is a subject of the report; or\n(iii) who was sent a copy of the report under section 102(3A) of this Act.\n(3) The Commission shall state a case under subsection (1)(c) above if directed to do so by the Court of Session.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 103(A)-(J) inserted (1.1.2002) by 2000 asp 7, s. 33(3); S.S.I. 2001/474 art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 103A-103J modified (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order2013 (S.S.I. 2013/121), arts. 1(1), 7, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/section/103B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:26.996319+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."
}