The Representation of the People (Post-Local Government Elections Supply and Inspection of Documents) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 No. 61


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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 61

Representation Of The People

The Representation of the People (Post-Local Government Elections Supply and Inspection of Documents) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012

Made

23rd February 2012

Coming into force

3rd May 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(5) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 61(4)(a) of that Act(2), a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Post-Local Government Elections Supply and Inspection of Documents) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 and come into force on 3rd May 2012.

Fees relating to the supply of marked registers and lists

2.-(1) The Representation of the People (Post-Local Government Elections Supply and Inspection of Documents) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 6, for "calculated" to the end, substitute-

"the sum of £10, plus for a copy-

(a)in printed form, £2 for each 1,000 entries (or remaining part of 1,000 entries) covered by the request; and

(b)in data form, £1 for each 1,000 entries (or remaining part of 1,000 entries) covered by the request,

and, for the purposes of this regulation, a request for a copy of the whole or the same part of the marked register or lists in both printed and data form may be treated as two separate requests.".

DEREK MACKAY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

23rd February 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision about the fees to be charged for the supply of copies of marked copies of the electoral register and some lists, following a local government election.

The fees are being reduced, to bring them into line with the fees charged for equivalent copy documents following elections to the UK Parliament and Scottish Parliament.

(1)

2006 asp 14.

(2)

Section 61(4)(a) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3)

S.S.I. 2007/264.


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