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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

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49 Provisions supplementary to sections 45 to 48.

(1) Sections 45 to 47 of this Act shall apply to the following bodies— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) any joint committee of two more local authorities, whether appointed or established under this Act or any other enactment; (d) any board, joint board, joint authority or other combined body, all the members of which are representatives of local authorities; (e) any body prescribed for the purposes of those sections and on which any such body as is mentioned in any of the foregoing paragraphs is represented; and (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) In sections 46 to 48 above “approved duty”, in relation to a member of a body, means such duties as may be specified in or determined under regulations made by the Secretary of State. (3) For the purposes of sections 45 to 48 of this Act a member of a committee or sub-committee of a . . . body mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be deemed to be a member of that body. (4) Section 38(4) of this Act shall apply in relation to a member of any body mentioned in subsection (1) above to whom it would not otherwise apply as it applies in relation to a member of a local authority; and no other enactment or instrument shall prevent a member of any such body from taking part in the consideration or determination of any allowance or other payment under any of the provisions of sections 45 to 48 of this Act or under any scheme made by virtue of section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

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49 Provisions supplementary to sections 45 to 48.

(1) Sections 45 to 47 of this Act shall apply to the following bodies— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) any joint committee of two more local authorities, whether appointed or established under this Act or any other enactment; (d) any board, joint board, joint authority or other combined body, all the members of which are representatives of local authorities; (e) any body prescribed for the purposes of those sections and on which any such body as is mentioned in any of the foregoing paragraphs is represented; and (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) In sections 46 to 48 above “approved duty”, in relation to a member of a body, means such duties as may be specified in or determined under regulations made by the Secretary of State. (3) For the purposes of sections 45 to 48 of this Act a member of a committee or sub-committee of a . . . body mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be deemed to be a member of that body. (4) Section 38(4) of this Act shall apply in relation to a member of any body mentioned in subsection (1) above to whom it would not otherwise apply as it applies in relation to a member of a local authority; and no other enactment or instrument shall prevent a member of any such body from taking part in the consideration or determination of any allowance or other payment under any of the provisions of sections 45 to 48 of this Act or under any scheme made by virtue of section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

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