29th January 2025
52.Section 31 of the 1973 Act provides the grounds by which a person is disqualified for nomination, election and holding office as a member of a local authority. This section amends section 31 of the 1973 Act to provide that a person who is subject to a Scottish disqualification order is disqualified from being a member of a local authority (but see commentary on effect of section 18).