The Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020


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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 278 (C. 23)

Representation Of The People

The Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020

Made

9th September 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

11th September 2020

Coming into force

1st October 2020

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35(2) of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020(1).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 October 2020.

(2) In these Regulations "the Act" means the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020.

Appointed day

2.  1 October 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table).

GRAEME DEY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

9th September 2020

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Table 1

Column 1Column 2
(Provision of the Act)(Subject matter)
Section 1Dates of general elections to the Scottish Parliament
Section 3Postponement of general elections to the Scottish Parliament
Section 6Electronic voting
Section 7Evaluation of pilot schemes
Section 8Entitlement to register as an elector before attaining voting age
Section 9Expenditure of candidates at Scottish parliamentary elections
Section 11Attendance of observers at Scottish parliamentary elections
Section 13Reviews of electoral and political matters
Section 14Setting of performance standards
Section 15Financing of Electoral Commission
Section 16Reimbursement of costs by Scottish Ministers etc.
Section 17Electoral Commission: five-year plan
Section 18Accounts and accounting officer
Section 19Reports by Electoral Commission: devolved Scottish elections
Section 22Reports on elections: voting by disabled persons at devolved Scottish elections
Section 23Notification of Commission regulations: devolved Scottish elections
Section 24Electoral Management Board for Scotland: general functions
Section 25Directions to returning officers: Scottish parliamentary elections
Section 26Directions to electoral registration officers: Scottish parliamentary elections
Section 27Electoral Management Board for Scotland: miscellaneous amendments

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Bill for the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 ("the Act") received Royal Assent on 8 July 2020. Part 5 of the Act came into force on the following day. These Regulations bring into force sections 1, 3, 6 to 9, 11, 13 to 19 and 22 to 27 of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 on 1 October 2020.


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