There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Scottish Elections (Dates) Act 2016, Section 2.
(1)Section 5 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (elections etc. of councillors) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1B) the words “, and ordinary elections shall take place every fourth year after that” are repealed.
(3)After subsection (1B) insert—
“(1C)After the ordinary election of councillors in 2017 the next ordinary election shall take place in 2022, and ordinary elections shall take place every fourth year after that.”.
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