Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Act 2016

6Changes to certain time periodsS

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(1)In section 3 (initial registration of financial interests: 30 day limit), there is added—

(5)But where the member acquired the registrable interest on the same date as the member was returned, the relevant date for the purposes of subsection (3) is the last day of the period of 30 days beginning with the date of the return..

(2)In section 5(2) (subsequent registration: 30 day limit), for “after” there is substituted “ beginning with ”.

(3)In section 10(1) (retention of old entries in the register for 5 years) for “5” there is substituted “ at least 10 ”.

Commencement Information

I1S. 6 in force at 5.5.2016 by s. 16(2)(3) but see s. 17