The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Revocation) Order 2015

Made: 17th March 2015

Coming into force: 30th June 2015

In accordance with section 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000[^f00002] he has consulted the Electoral Commission.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Revocation) Order 2015 and comes into force on 30th June 2015.

Revocation and saving provision

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) Order 2011[^f00003] is revoked.

• (2) This Order has no effect for the purposes of any election for which the date of poll is on or before 4th April 2016.

Signed

David Mundell — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Scotland Office — 17th March 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order revokes the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) Order 2011 (“the 2011 Order”). The 2011 Order designates, for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person who is the regional returning officer for each of the eight Scottish Parliament regions. Regional returning officers perform functions, conferred by or under the 1998 Act, in relation to the election and return of regional members of the Scottish Parliament.

Article 2 provides for the revocation of the 2011 Order not to apply to elections which have a date of poll on or before 4th April 2016 (5th April 2016 being the earliest possible date of the next ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament after the making of this Order). The designation of regional returning officers for elections with polls before then will continue to be governed by the 2011 Order.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1998 c.46; sections 12 and 113 will be amended by the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11), sections 1 and 3, but these sections are not yet in force.

[^f00002]: 2000 c.41.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2011/576.