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(1)–(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(5)The Secretary of State shall make regulations prescribing the qualifications required to be possessed by any person appointed to the office of assessor, or by any person appointed under [F2section 116 (2) of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973] to act as depute assessor, and, except as otherwise provided in such regulations,—
(a)a person shall not be appointed . . . F3 to the office of assessor; and
(b)a person shall not be appointed to act as depute assessor, nor, on or after the sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty–seven, shall any person act as depute assessor;
unless he possesses the qualifications so prescribed.
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(7)An assessor . . . F5 shall hold his office during the pleasure of the valuation authority so, however, that he shall not be removed from office or required to resign as an alternative thereto except—
(a)by a resolution of such authority passed by not less than two–thirds of the members present at a meeting of the authority the notice of which specifies as an item of business the consideration of the removal from office of the assessor or his being required to resign, and
(b)with the consent of the Secretary of State.
Before deciding whether or not to give such consent the Secretary of State shall give the authority and the assessor an opportunity of being heard by a person appointed by the Secretary of State.
(8)The power to make regulations conferred on the Secretary of State by this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 (1)–(4) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 44 (a), Sch. 29
F2Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 44 (b)
F3Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 44 (b), Sch. 29
F4S. 1 (6) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 44 (c), Sch. 29
F5Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 122, Sch. 9 para. 44 (d), Sch. 29
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
Marginal Citations
M11973 c 65.
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