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The Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2016
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2016 and, subject to paragraph (2), comes into force on 1st March 2016.
(2) This Order has no effect for the purposes of any election for which the date of poll is on or before 4th April 2016.
Interpretation
2. In this Order “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1), and “local government area” means the local government area for which a local authority is constituted.
Regional returning officers
3. For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person designated as the regional returning officer for a region specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order (regional returning officers for the Scottish Parliament regions) is the person who, under section 41(1) (returning officers: local elections in Scotland) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(2), is the returning officer for elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule.
Constituency returning officers
4. For the purposes of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015, the person designated as the constituency returning officer for a constituency specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order (constituency returning officers for Scottish Parliament constituencies situated in more than one local government area) is the person who, under section 41(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, is the returning officer for elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule.
Revocation
5. The Scottish Parliament (Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2011(3) is revoked.
JOE FITZPATRICK
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th January 2016
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