Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

76 County clerk.

(1) Every county council shall appoint a county clerk who shall be clerk of the council and may pay to him such reasonable salary as they may determine.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to officers holding office at the commencement of this Act, the salary paid to the county clerk shall, unless otherwise agreed between the county council and the county clerk, be deemed to be the remuneration for all business which he may by reason of his office as county clerk be called upon to perform, including any legal, parliamentary or other business which he may transact on behalf of the council.

(3) The county clerk shall hold office during the pleasure of the county council, so however that he shall not be removed from office except by a resolution of the council passed by not less than two-thirds of the members present at a meeting of the council the notice of which specifies .the consideration of the removal from office of the county clerk as an item of business.

(4) References in any enactment to the clerk of supply or the county road clerk shall be construed as references to the county clerk, and references to the clerk of the peace in any enactment relating to functions vested in the county council by this Act or otherwise and previously vested in the justices of the peace shall be construed as references to the county clerk.