Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

Election of County Councillors representing Landward Area.

5 Day of election of county councillors for landward area.

The election of county councillors representing the landward area of the county shall take place on the second Tuesday of November in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and subsequent elections of such councillors shall take place on the second Tuesday of November in every third year thereafter.

6 Division of landward area of county into electoral divisions.

(1) For the purpose of electing county councillors for the landward area of a county, that area shall be divided into electoral divisions.

(2) There shall be a separate election for each electoral division.

(3) The number, contents and boundaries of the electoral divisions in each county shall, subject to any alteration under this Part of this Act or Part VI of this Act, remain the same as at the commencement of this Act.

7 Electors.

(1) The electors at an election of a county councillor for any electoral division shall be the persons entitled, by virtue of the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts, to vote at that election.

(2) No person shall vote at an election of county councillors for the landward area of a county in more than one electoral division in the county or give more than one vote in any such election.

8 Polling districts.

The county council may divide an electoral division in the county into polling districts, and may alter any polling district, and may abolish polling districts in an electoral division.

9 Appointment of returning officer, etc..

(1) The county council shall appoint a person to be the returning officer for the purposes of each election of county councillors for the landward area, and if the person so appointed dies, resigns or for any other reason is unable to act, the Secretary of State may appoint another person to be the returning officer at that election.

(2) The returning officer may by writing under his hand appoint one or more fit persons to be his depute or deputes for all or any of the purposes of the election, and anything required or authorised to be done by, to or before the returning officer in relation to the election may, so far as the depute is authorised to act, be done by, to or before any depute so appointed, and any reference in this Act to a returning officer shall, where a depute returning officer is acting for the returning officer under this subsection, include a reference to the depute returning officer.

10 Conduct of election of county councillors for landwaitl area.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an election of a county councillor for an electoral division shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act.

(2) References in the Second Schedule to this Act to county councillors shall be construed as references to county councillors for the landward area of a county.

11 Expenses of election of county caimcillors for landward area.

(1) All expenses properly incurred by the returning officer or the county clerk in relation to the holding of an election of county councillors for the landward area (including expenses properly incurred by the returning officer or the county clerk in any legal proceedings arising out of the election), not exceeding such scale as the county council may fix and as may be applicable, shall be paid (so far as not otherwise provided by law) by the county council and defrayed as part of the general expenses of the council relating exclusively to the landward area of the county.

(2) Before a poll is taken at any such election, the county council shall at the request of the returning officer advance to him such sum not exceeding ten pounds for every thousand electors at the election as he may require.