28Power of Presiding Officer to schedule extraordinary general elections
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(1)The Scotland Act 1998 is modified as follows.
(2)In section 3 (extraordinary general elections)—
(a)after subsection (1), insert—
“(1A)But, despite subsection (1), the Presiding Officer may not propose a day for the holding of a poll if an event mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection occurs within the period of 8 weeks ending with the day on which the poll at the next ordinary general election would be held (disregarding section 2(5)).”,
(b)in subsection (2B), for “one month” substitute “4 weeks”.