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Arrangements for new ParliamentS

9First meeting of new Parliament and choice of new First MinisterS

(1)The Presiding Officer must, after consultation with the Electoral Commission and the convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland, fix the day on which the Scottish Parliament is first to meet after the poll for the 2021 election.

(2)The day fixed under subsection (1) must be as soon as reasonably practicable after the poll.

(3)If the day fixed under subsection (1) is not within the period of seven days beginning immediately after the day of the poll, any relevant additional days are to be disregarded for the purpose of the calculation of the period allowed, under section 46 of the Scotland Act 1998, for the Parliament to nominate one of its members for appointment as First Minister after the poll for the 2021 election.

(4)In subsection (3)—