Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

Election of Councillors S

4 Term of office and retirement of councillors. S

(1) Councillors for a local government area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and Part I of the [F1 Representation of the M1 People Act 1983].

(2) The ordinary election of councillors for a regional or islands council shall take place in 1974 and every fourth year thereafter.

(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) below and of sections 37(3) of this Act, the term of office of regional or islands councillors shall be four years and they shall retire together at the end of such term on the day of the ordinary election of such councillors.

(4) The first ordinary election of councillors for a district council shall take place in 1974, the second such election shall take place in 1977 and the third such election shall take place in 1980; thereafter such elections shall take place every fourth year.

(5) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6) below and of section 37(3) of this Act, the term of office of district councillors shall be

(a) for those elected in 1974 and 1977, three years;

(b) for those elected in 1980 and later, four years;

and they shall retire together at the end of such term on the day of the ordinary election of district councillors.

(6) A person elected to the office of councillor at an election held under the provisions of section 9 or 10 of this Act shall hold office only until the day of the next ordinary election.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), s. 206, Sch. 8 para. 15(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1983 c. 2.

5 Electoral divisions and wards. S

(1) For the purpose of the election of councillors—

(a) every region and every islands area shall be divided into electoral divisions; and

(b) every district shall be divided into wards;

and each such division or ward shall return one councillor.

(2) There shall be a separate election for each electoral division or ward.

F2 6–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 6–10 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

11 Establishment of new local authorities and supplementary provisions. S

(1) Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the establishment of the new local authorities, the suspension of elections of existing local authorities and related matters, and this Part of this Act shall have effect, in relation to such establishment, subject to the provisions of that Schedule.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(3) Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of amending and otherwise modifying the operation of the . . . F4 enactments relating to parliamentary . . . F4 elections, being amendments and modifications necessary or expedient in consequence of other provisions of this Act.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 11(2)(4) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. I

F4 Words repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. I