Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

60 Right of candidate to use of schoolroom, and &c. at election.

(1) A candidate at an election of a county councillor for any electoral division of a county or of town councillors of a burgh of or an elected district councillor shall be entitled for the purpose of holding public meetings in furtherance of his candidature to use free of charge, after reasonable notice and at all reasonable times during the period commencing on the day on which the notice of election is given and ending on the day preceding the day of election, any suitable room in a grant-aided school situated in the electoral area in which he is a candidate (or if there is no such school in the area, in such a school in an adjacent electoral area), or any suitable room the expense of maintaining which is payable by a district council:

Provided that—

(a) nothing in this section shall authorise the use of a room used as part of a private dwelling-house or authorise any interference with the use of a school for educational purposes; and

(b) any expenses reasonably incurred by the authority or person having control over the room or any damage done to- the room or its contents or to the school in consequence of the room being so, used shall be defrayed by the person by whom or on whose behalf the meeting was convened.

(2) Any question as to what is reasonable or suitable under this section shall be determined where the question arises in relation to a room in a school by the authority or person having control of the school, and in the case of a room maintained by a district council by that council.