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We are advised that we should be wary of that. To make the point clear for our new member, the phrase in question is "by certificate under his hand".We thought that the word "signed" would have been easier and more suitable.
However, I do not share your view that councillors are the same as MSPs and MPs. COSLA's survey found that only 26 per cent of councillors considered themselves to be full time.
I was driving at whether the post would be a new function requiring new personnel and new costs or whether similar work is being done just now, although not as comprehensively.
Committees have sometimes consulted at stage 2, but the rule should be that they must consult if significant new proposals are made or if, even though the proposal is not new, the mechanism for achieving it is new.