Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000

20 Duty of Commission to provide informationS

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The members of the Commission who are to conduct a hearing under section 16(b) above, shall, before doing so, give written notice to the councillor or member of the devolved public body whose contravention, or possible or alleged contravention, of the councillors’ or, as the case may be, the members’ code is to be the subject of the hearing, of—

(a)the procedure to be followed at the hearing; and

(b)the sanctions which may be imposed following a finding of a contravention of the councillors’ or, as the case may be, the members’ code by that councillor or member.