[F1 Schedule S Electoral Management Board for Scotland

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. inserted (1.4.2026) by Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4), ss. 69(7), 73(2) (with s. 71); S.S.I. 2025/260, reg. 3, sch. Pt. 2

Membership S

2 (1) The Board is to consist of—

(a) a convener, who must be either—

(i) a returning officer,

(ii) a RUK returning officer, or

(iii) a former returning officer, and

(b) 8 other members of whom—

(i) 5 are to be from the RO category, and

(ii) 3 are to be from the ERO category.

(2) In this schedule—

(a) a person is part of “the RO category” if the person is—

(i) a returning officer,

(ii) a depute returning officer,

(iii) a RUK returning officer,

(iv) a RUK depute returning officer,

(v) a former returning officer,

(vi) a former depute returning officer, and

(b) a person is part of “the ERO category” if the person is—

(i) an electoral registration officer,

(ii) a RUK electoral registration officer, or

(iii) a former electoral registration officer.

(3) The convener is to be appointed by the Parliamentary corporation on the nomination of the Scottish Parliament.

(4) The convener holds office on such terms and conditions as the Parliamentary corporation may determine.

(5) The convener is to appoint the other members.

(6) The other members hold office on such terms and conditions as the convener, with the approval of the Parliamentary corporation, may determine.

(7) When appointing members, the convener is to have regard to the desirability of the membership taken as a whole having a broad range of experience in relation to—

(a) different local authority areas (including different kinds of areas) throughout Scotland, and

(b) the different constituencies and regions provided for Scottish parliamentary elections by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 (including different kinds of constituencies and regions).

(8) A person may not be appointed as a member of the Board if that person has a relevant connection to a political party.

(9) In this schedule, a person has “a relevant connection to a political party” if that person would be ineligible for appointment as a member of the staff of the Electoral Commission in accordance with—

(a) paragraph 11A(1)(a) or (b) of schedule 1 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, or

(b) paragraph 11A(1)(c) of that schedule, taking the relevant period mentioned there to be the last 12 months.]