http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/7/section/29Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish a framework for securing the observance of high standards of conduct by councillors and other persons holding public appointments; and to repeal section 2A of the Local Government Act 1986 and make provision as to how councils are to exercise functions which relate principally to children.2000-07-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-03Expert Participation2024-02-15PART 3 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PARTS 1 TO 3 Suspension and disqualification of councillors: supplementary and consequential provisions291In section 35 (vacation of office by failure to attend meetings) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65)—ain subsection (1) for “(2) and (3)” there is substituted “
(2) to (4)
”; andbat the end there is added—4The absence of a member of a local authority from a meeting of the authority during a period of suspension imposed on the member under section 103F or 103G of this Act or section 19 or 21(2) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7) is not, for the purposes of this section, a failure to attend the meeting..2In section 36 (casual vacancies) of that Act, in paragraph (c), after the word “principal” there is inserted “
or become vacant by operation of section 19(3)(a) (effect of disqualification) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7).
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