39 Members' interests
Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c 46) | Legislation

39  Members' interests

(1)     Provision shall be made for a register of interests of members of the Parliament and for the register to be published and made available for public inspection.

(2)     Provision shall be made—

(a)     requiring members of the Parliament to register in that register financial interests (including benefits in kind), as defined for the purposes of this paragraph,

(b)     requiring that any member of the Parliament who has a financial interest (including benefits in kind), as defined for the purposes of this paragraph, in any matter declares that interest before taking part in any proceedings of the Parliament

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