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(1)In section 35 (vacation of office by failure to attend meetings) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)—
(a)in subsection (1) for “(2) and (3)” there is substituted “(2) to (4)”; and
(b)at the end there is added—
“(4)The absence of a member of a local authority from a meeting of the authority during a period of suspension imposed on the member under section 103F or 103G of this Act or section 19 or 21(2) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7) is not, for the purposes of this section, a failure to attend the meeting.”.
(2)In section 36 (casual vacancies) of that Act, in paragraph (c), after the word “principal” there is inserted “or become vacant by operation of section 19(3)(a) (effect of disqualification) of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 7).”.
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