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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/part/2/crossheading/reporting</dc:identifier><dc:title>Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020</dc:title><dc:description>An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform certain aspects of the law relating to Scottish parliamentary and local government elections, including length of terms; to make provision about the role of the Electoral Commission in relation to those elections; to confer functions on the Electoral Management Board for Scotland in relation to Scottish parliamentary elections; to rename and make provision about the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2021-12-07</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2021-09-29</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 2</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Electoral Commission</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/part/2/crossheading/reporting" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/part/2/crossheading/reporting" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-2-crossheading-reporting" RestrictStartDate="2020-10-01"><Title><Emphasis>Reporting</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2020-10-01"><Title>Reports by Electoral Commission: devolved Scottish elections</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/19" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19" id="section-19"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-91cddf549d7c71110199fabb0b4e940a"/>19</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/19/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19/1" id="section-19-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Schedule 1 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (the Electoral Commission) is amended as follows.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/19/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19/2" id="section-19-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In paragraph 20(3), for the words  “functions under Part 1 in relation to local Government elections in Scotland” substitute <InlineAmendment>“
                    devolved Scottish functions
                  ”</InlineAmendment>.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/19/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19/3" id="section-19-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In paragraph 20A—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/19/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19/3/a" id="section-19-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in sub-paragraph (1), for the words  “functions mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)” substitute <InlineAmendment>“
                        Commission's devolved Scottish functions
                      ”</InlineAmendment>,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/19/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19/3/b" id="section-19-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sub-paragraph (3) is repealed.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-91cddf549d7c71110199fabb0b4e940a" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-19" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2020/12/section/19" id="c0l7y49n4-00151">S. 19</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.10.2020 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2020/278" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="278" Title="The Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020" id="c0l7y49n4-00152">S.S.I. 2020/278</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="regulation-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2020/278/regulation/2" CitationRef="c0l7y49n4-00152" id="c0l7y49n4-00153">reg. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="schedule" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2020/278/schedule" CitationRef="c0l7y49n4-00152" Operative="true" id="c0l7y49n4-00154">sch.</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>