The Scotland Act 2016 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017

Saving

9.  Article 82 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015(1) continue to apply in relation to sections 157, 160 and 173 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(2) as they applied immediately before 18th May 2017.

(1)

S.S.I. 2015/425.

(2)

1983 c. 2. Subsection (5) of section 157 was repealed by section 128 of, and Schedule 22 to, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). Subsections (1) to (3) of section 160 were amended by sections 24 and 28 of, and schedule 4 and 5 to, the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), subsections (4) to (5A) of section 160 were substituted by schedule 17 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41), subsections (5A) and (5B) of section 160 were amended by section 34 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) and by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/931). Section 173 was substituted by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and section 173(2) was amended by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/931).