Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4)

Part 2 S Disqualification

Disqualification orders under Elections Act 2022 S

17 Disqualification orders: aggravation S

(1) The Elections Act 2022 is modified as follows.

(2) In section 30—

(a) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Where the court is a Scottish court, it must—

(a) take the aggravation under subsection (1)(c) into account when determining the appropriate sentence, and

(b) state—

(i) where the sentence in respect of the offence is different from that which the court would have imposed if the offence were not so aggravated, the extent of and the reasons for that difference, or

(ii) otherwise, the reasons for there being no such difference.”,

(b) in subsection (9), after the definition of “Schedule 9 offence” insert—

• ““Scottish court” means a court with jurisdiction over Scottish criminal law offences.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(2)

I2 S. 17 in force at 1.8.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/106, reg. 2(1)(b), sch. Pt. 2