LegalizeThe Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (Denmark) Regulations 2024
Made: at 3.15 p.m. on 26th March 2024
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: at 4.30 p.m. on 26th March 2024
Coming into force: 7th May 2024
In accordance with paragraph 2(b) of that schedule, the requirements of section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010[^f00002] have been met in respect of the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of each Country resident in the Territory of the Other, signed in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 8 February 2024.
Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (Denmark) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 7 May 2024.
Amendment of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
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- (1) Paragraph 1 of schedule 6A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 is amended as follows.
- (2) Before “Luxembourg” insert “Denmark”.
Signed
GEORGE ADAM — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — At 3.15 p.m. on 26th March 2024
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations amend the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 to give effect to the Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of Each Country Resident in the Territory of the Other dated 8 February 2024.
Regulation 2 adds Denmark to the list of countries in schedule 6A of that Act for the purposes of section 29(8) of that Act. Under that section, nationals of a country included in schedule 6A who have any form of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom are eligible to stand for election, be elected and hold office as a member of a local authority in Scotland.
No business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1973 c. 65, as amended by section 1 of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Act 2022 (asp 4).
[^f00002]: 2010 c. 25.
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