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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947

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Part V

Sub-Committees

1The planning committee of a local planning authority may, subject to any restrictions imposed by that authority, and shall if so required by that authority—

(a)establish such sub-committees as the committee or the local, planning authority may determine; and

(b)authorise any such sub-committee to exercise on their behalf ' any functions of the planning committee,

and any such sub-committee shall be constituted in such manner as may be determined (subject to any such restrictions as aforesaid) by the planning committee or by the local planning: authority but not less than three-fourths of the members of any such sub-committee which- consists of more than three persons, shall be members of the local planning authority or of a local authority for any area forming part of the district of the local planning authority.

2The power conferred by the last foregoing paragraph to establish and constitute sub-committees or to authorise such sub-committees to exercise any functions shall include power to dissolve or alter the constitution of such sub-committees and to vary, any such authorisation.

3The provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall, with any necessary modifications, apply' in relation to a joint planning committee appointed in pursuance of a combination of local planning authorities under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of section two of this Act or a joint advisory committee as they apply in relation to a planning committee established under Part IV of this Schedule.'" s.

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