The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014.

(2) Except for article 4, this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made(1).

(3) Article 4 comes into force on the dissolution of the Parliament.

(4) In this Order “the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.

Constituencies

2.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Act, the constituencies provided for are those which—

(a) are named in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Order; and

(b) comprise the areas described for each such constituency in the deposited data.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b) the “deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROMs—

(a) entitled “Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Princes Gate and Greenacres by Robroyston – master copy submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland”;

(b) etched with the seal of the Boundary Commission for Scotland and the signatures of its deputy Chairman and Secretary;

(c) submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland on 31 October 2013; and

(d) deposited with him at his offices at 1 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7HW.

(3) The constituencies are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the entry in column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite each constituency name.

Regions

3.  For the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act, the regions provided for are those which—

(a) are named in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order; and

(b) comprise the combined areas of the constituencies mentioned in column 2 of that table opposite the name of each region.

Revocation

4.  The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010(2) is revoked.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council