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The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

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PART 1General

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

(2) The regulations specified in paragraph (3) shall not have effect in relation to any election for which the date of the poll specified in the notice of election issued in relation to that election is on or before 2nd May 2007.

(3) The regulations referred to in paragraph (2) are–

(a)regulations 24 to 29;

(b)regulations 33 to 48; and

(c)regulations 50 to 56.

(4) Regulation 49 shall come into force on the fourteenth day after these Regulations are made.

(5) In the following provisions of these Regulations, unless otherwise stated, any reference to a numbered regulation or schedule is a reference to the regulation or schedule bearing that number in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001(1).

(6) These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only.

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