Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006

9 Other amendments to the register S

(1) A member may at any time amend the entry relating to that member by lodging with the Clerk a written notice of the proposed amendment.

(2) Within 30 days after a member has lodged a written notice in accordance with this section, the Clerk shall—

(a) amend the entry relating to that member in the register by making the proposed amendment and recording the date on which the notice was lodged; and

(b) send a copy of the amended entry to that member.

(3) The Clerk may at any time amend an entry relating to a member in the register to correct any clerical or typographical error and shall send a copy of the amended entry to that member.

(4) Any amendment made in pursuance of this section may only amend the information about or relating to an interest which is registered but no amendment can be made which would delete, without replacing (with or without any variation) any of the information referred to in section 4(2).

(5) When a member ceases to be a member, the Clerk shall amend the entry relating to that member in the register by deleting it from the register.

Annotations:

Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.

Commencement Information

I1 This provision comes into force in accordance with s. 21(4)