ScheduleTables of appointed days

Regulation 2

Part 1Provisions coming into force on 14 April 2025

Column 1

Column 2

(Provisions of the Act)

(Subject matter)

Sections 3, 4 and 5

Disqualification of MPs, members of the House of Lords and councillors

Section 22

Third parties capable of giving notification

Section 25

Code of practice on controls relating to third parties

Section 31

Rescheduling of by-elections

Section 34

Power of returning officer to postpone or cancel by-election

Section 35

Review of order of candidates on ballot papers used at elections

Section 39

Pilot scheme under the Scottish Local Government (Elections) Act 2002

Sections 40, 41, 42 and 43

Pilot for registration of electors

Section 44

Funding to increase democratic engagement

Section 45

Scottish Ministers’ power to make provision about elections under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

Section 58

Guidance regarding information to be included with certain electronic material at Scottish elections

Section 60

Scottish Ministers regulation making powers

Section 61

Consequential revocations

Sections 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68

Electoral Commission

Part 2Provisions coming into force on 1 August 2025

Column 1

Column 2

(Provisions of the Act)

(Subject matter)

Sections 1 and 2

Candidacy rights etc. of foreign nationals

Sections 6 and 7

Disqualifications relating to sexual offences and notification requirements

Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and the schedule

Scottish disqualification orders

Sections 15, 16 and 17

Disqualification orders under the Elections Act 2022

Sections 18 and 19

Temporary relief from disqualification

Section 20

Ending the ambulatory effect of section 15 of the Scotland Act 1998

Section 21

Notional and third party expenditure: Scottish Parliament elections

Section 23

Restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure

Section 24

Transitional provision: offences relating to third party expenditure

Section 26

Notional expenditure: local government elections

Sections 62 and 63

Boundaries Scotland

Part 3Provisions coming into force on 1 October 2025

Column 1

Column 2

(Provisions of the Act)

(Subject matter)

Section 27

Power of Presiding Officer to postpone ordinary election

Section 28

Power of Presiding Officer to schedule extraordinary general elections

Section 29

Election of new Presiding Officer: extension of period

Section 30

Choice of new First Minister after changed election date

Section 32

Power of convenor of Electoral Management Board to postpone ordinary local election

Section 33

Power of returning officer to postpone election for their area

Sections 36, 37 and 38

Home addresses of candidates and agents

Section 46

Access to Elected Office Fund

Section 47

Application of this Part

Section 48

Key definitions

Section 49

Further definitions relating to candidates, parties and elections

Section 50

Electronic material: conditions for application of section 52

Section 51

Purpose of the electronic material

Section 52

Requirement to include information

Section 53

Exceptions to requirement in section 52

Section 54

Offence of breaching section 52

Section 55

Individual culpability where organisation commits an offence

Section 56

Enforcement by the Electoral Commission

Section 57

Supply of information

Section 59

Electoral Commission’s annual report