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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
Made
24th April 2007
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State for Scotland makes the following Order, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29(3), (4), (4C) and (8A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), as applied and modified by article 19 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007(2):
1983 c. 2. Section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11), section 1, the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2), Schedule 6, paragraph 4, and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728); the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury were transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. Subsection (8A) was inserted by Article 19 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/xxx) (“the 2007 Order”). The powers conferred in section 29(3) as applied and modified by article 19 of the 2007 Order have been extended by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 5 to the 2007 Order. Section 29 is amended by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41), Schedule 21, paragraph 6(3) and further amended by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), section 68, Schedule 1 paragraph 107 and Schedule 2 paragraph 1; none of these amendments are yet in force.
S.I. 2007/937.
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