The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002

Payments by and to returning officers

19.  Section 29 of the 1983 Act(1) (payments by and to returning officers) shall apply for the purposes of a Scottish parliamentary election subject to the following modifications:–

(a) any reference to a parliamentary election shall be construed as a reference to an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament;

(b) any reference to a returning officer shall be construed as a reference to a constituency returning officer and a regional returning officer;

(c) subsections (1) and (2) shall be disregarded;

(d) the reference in subsection (5) to “section 30 below” shall be construed as a reference to article 20 below; and

as if in subsection (8), for “Regulations may” there were substituted “the Secretary of State may by regulations”;

and as if after subsection (8) there were inserted–

“(8A) Any order made under subsection (3) above and any regulations made under subsection (8) above may make different provision in relation to different cases or in relation to different classes of case.”.

(1)

Section 29 is amended by the 2000 Political Parties Act, Schedule 21, para 6(3): the amendments are not yet in force.