5(1)Subject to this or any other Act [F1and to any provisions of standing orders relating to the suspension of such orders][F2or to the procedure for early removal from office of the convener or depute convener], all questions coming or arising before a council shall be decided by a majority of the members of the council present and voting thereon at a meeting of the council.S
(2)In the case of an equality of votes the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote except where the matter which is the subject of the vote relates to the appointment [F1of a member of the council] to any particular office or committee, in which case the decision shall be by lot.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 54(b)(c)
F2Words in Sch. 7 para. 5(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(69)(c); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 7 paras. 5-9 applied (with modifications) (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/3026, arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 2 para. 11