Scottish Statutory Instruments
Representation Of The People
Made
9th September 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
11th September 2020
Coming into force
1st October 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35(2) of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1 October 2020.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020.
2. 1 October 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table).
GRAEME DEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th September 2020
Regulation 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| (Provision of the Act) | (Subject matter) |
| Section 1 | Dates of general elections to the Scottish Parliament |
| Section 3 | Postponement of general elections to the Scottish Parliament |
| Section 6 | Electronic voting |
| Section 7 | Evaluation of pilot schemes |
| Section 8 | Entitlement to register as an elector before attaining voting age |
| Section 9 | Expenditure of candidates at Scottish parliamentary elections |
| Section 11 | Attendance of observers at Scottish parliamentary elections |
| Section 13 | Reviews of electoral and political matters |
| Section 14 | Setting of performance standards |
| Section 15 | Financing of Electoral Commission |
| Section 16 | Reimbursement of costs by Scottish Ministers etc. |
| Section 17 | Electoral Commission: five-year plan |
| Section 18 | Accounts and accounting officer |
| Section 19 | Reports by Electoral Commission: devolved Scottish elections |
| Section 22 | Reports on elections: voting by disabled persons at devolved Scottish elections |
| Section 23 | Notification of Commission regulations: devolved Scottish elections |
| Section 24 | Electoral Management Board for Scotland: general functions |
| Section 25 | Directions to returning officers: Scottish parliamentary elections |
| Section 26 | Directions to electoral registration officers: Scottish parliamentary elections |
| Section 27 | Electoral Management Board for Scotland: miscellaneous amendments |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Bill for the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 8 July 2020. Part 5 of the Act came into force on the following day. These Regulations bring into force sections 1, 3, 6 to 9, 11, 13 to 19 and 22 to 27 of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 on 1 October 2020.