(This note is not part of the Regulations)
This Order gives effect, without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the Fifth Periodic Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland dated 30th November 2004 (Cm 6427).
Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, this Order set out and describe the constituencies into which Scotland will be divided.
Every electoral registration officer is required to amend the registers of parliamentary electors to give effect to this Order (Article 3).
As a consequence of this Order, the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1995 is revoked (Article 4).
By virtue of section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 and Article 1(2) of the Order, the coming into force of this Order does not affect any parliamentary election until a proclamation is issued by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament.
This Order does not impose any new costs on business.