Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

102 Disclosure by officers of interest in contracts.

(1) If it comes to the knowledge of an officer employed by a local authority under this Act or any other enactment or any statutory order that a contract in which he has any pecuniary interest whether direct or indirect (not being a contract to which he is himself a party) has been or is proposed to be entered into by the authority, he shall as soon as practicable give notice in writing to the authority of the fact that he is interested therein:

Provided that this subsection, shall not apply to an officer other than the clerk or treasurer of the authority, unless the contract relates to a matter in connection with which the officer is employed by the authority and the officer is normally consulted by the authority or by members thereof in connection with such contracts.

For the purposes of this subsection an officer shall be treated as having indirectly a pecuniary interest in a contract or proposed contract if he would have been so treated by virtue of subsection (2) or subsection (4) of section seventy-three of this Act had he been a member of the authority.

(2) An officer of a local authority shall not under colour of his office or employment exact or accept for himself any fee or reward whatsoever other than his proper remuneration.

(3) The provisions of subsections (5) and (6) of section seventy-three of this Act shall subject to any necessary modifications apply in the Case of an officer of a local authority as they apply in the case of a member of the authority, so however that the book mentioned in the said subsection (6) shall be open to the inspection only of any member or the clerk of the authority.

(4) If any person fails to comply with subsection (1) or contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (2) of this section he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(5) References in this section to a local authority shall include references to a committee or sub-committee of the authority (including any committee or sub-committee to which section fifty-two of this Act applies) or to a joint committee or joint board.