Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) - Explanatory Notes

Explanatory Notes

Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006

2006 asp 14

1 August 2006

The Act

Part 1: Electoral Administration

Performance of local authorities in relation to elections etc.

Section 2 Returns and reports on performance standards

5. Section 2 enables Scottish Ministers to direct returning officers to submit reports regarding their level of performance against the standards set under section 1. Ministers are required to specify to whom the direction is issued and may also specify the elections to which the report relates and the form in which the report is to be provided. It further requires Ministers, upon receipt of such reports, to publish assessments of the level of performance of the returning officer (or officers) against the standards set.