The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015

The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010

3.  The following provisions of the 2010 Order are not revoked—

(a) in article 2 (interpretation), the definitions in paragraph (1) of “the 1983 Act”, “the 1998 Act”, “the 2000 Political Parties Act”, “CRO”, “ERO”, “local authority”, “RRO”, “register of electors”, “registered party”, “service voter” and “Scottish parliamentary election”, and paragraph (2);

(b) article 3(1) (alterations in registers of electors);

(c) article 4(3) and (5) (voting appeals), so far as relating to alterations in the register of electors which take effect under sections 13(5), 13A(2) or 13B(3) or (3B) of the 1983 Act;

(d) article 15(2) (officers of councils to be placed at the disposal of a RRO), so far as relating to the functions of a RRO under the 2010 Order;

(e) article 16 (returning officers: discharge of functions), so far as relating to—

(i) the power of a RRO to appoint persons to discharge the RRO’s functions under the 2010 Order; and

(ii) the duty of RROs and CROs to co-operate in relation to the functions of a RRO under the 2010 Order;

(f) article 21(1) (effect of attainment dates in register entries), and paragraphs (2) to (4) of article 21 (prohibition of exclusion from voting) so far as those paragraphs relate to a person registered as a local government elector;

(g) article 22 (effect of misdescription), so far as relating to misnomers or inaccurate descriptions in the register of electors;

(h) article 23 (discharge of registration duties);

(i) article 24 (payment of registration expenses);

(j) article 28 (breach of official duty);

(k) article 86 (vacancies: regional member seats);

(l) article 87 (modification of section 10 of the 1998 Act);

(m) article 91 (sending of applications, notices etc.);

(n) article 92 (interference with notices), so far as relating to notices published in connection with the duties of an ERO under the 2010 Order;

(o) article 94 (correction of procedural errors), so far as relating to the taking of steps by a RRO to correct the acts or omissions of a RRO in relation to the functions of a RRO under the 1998 Act or the 2010 Order;

(p) in Schedule 2, rule 65 (equality of votes at poll for return of regional members) and rule 76 (regional election: effect of countermand or abandonment of constituency poll);

(q) in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (application of provisions of the 1983 Act to the election or return of constituency members), the application of section 160(4)(a)(i) and (4A), section 173(1)(a)(i) and (2), section 174 (but only so far as relevant to the application of those parts of sections 160 and 173) and section 180A; and

(r) in Part 2 of Schedule 6 (application of provisions of the 1983 Act to the election or return of regional members), the application of section 160(4)(a)(i) and (4A), section 174 (but only so far as relevant to the application of those parts of section 160) and section 180A.