Access to meetings and documents
12(1)Part IIIA (access to meetings and documents of local authorities) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) has effect as if a National Park authority were a local authority for the purposes of that Part.
(2)In the application of that Part to a National Park authority—
(a)in section 50E(1)(b) (application of sections 50A to 50D to committees etc.), for “an enactment specified in section 56(9) below” there is substituted “section 17(5) of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10)”,
(b)in section 50F(1)(b) (additional rights of access for members of authorities), for “statutory committee appointed by the authority” there is substituted “committee appointed under section 17(5) of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10)”,
(c)in section 50G(1) (publication of information), the references to the address of a member and the electoral division or ward which the member represents are omitted,
(d)section 50K(2) is omitted.
(3)A National Park authority must appoint a member of its staff as its proper officer for the purposes of Part IIIA of that Act.