Statutory Instruments
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
Made
26th April 2017
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(4) of the Scotland Act 2016(1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2017.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of Part 1 of the Scotland Act 2016 (constitutional arrangements) come into force on 18th May 2017—
(a)section 3 (elections);
(b)section 4 (power to make provision about elections);
(c)section 5 (timing of elections);
(d)section 6 (electoral registration: the digital service);
(e)section 7 (expenditure in connection with elections);
(f)section 8 (review of electoral boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland);
(g)section 9 (functions exercisable within devolved competence: elections);
(h)section 10 (minor and consequential amendments: elections etc);
(i)section 11 (super-majority requirement for certain legislation); and
(j)section 12 (scope to modify the Scotland Act 1998).
(2) Section 9 comes into force immediately after sections 3 to 8 and 10 to 12.
David Mundell
Secretary of State
Scotland Office
26th April 2017
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force provisions in Part 1 of the Scotland Act 2016 which relate to elections and legislation by the Scottish Parliament.
These commencement Regulations are the sixth to be made in respect of commencement of the Scotland Act 2016.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The following provisions of the Scotland Act 2016 have been brought into force by commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations:
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 13 | 30th November 2016 | 2016/1161 |
| Section 20 | 1st April 2017 | 2016/1178 |
| Section 21 | 1st April 2017 | 2016/1178 |
| Section 22 (partially) | 5th September 2016 | 2016/759 |
| Section 22 (so far as not already in force) | 17th May 2017 | 2017/455 |
| Section 23(3) and subsection (1) of that section in so far as it relates to subsection (3) | 5th September 2016 | 2016/759 |
| Section 23(1) for remaining purposes, subsections (2) and (4) and subsection (5) for the purpose of making regulations | 17th May 2017 | 2017/455 |
| Section 23(5) (so far as not already in force) | 1st April 2020 | 2017/455 |
| Section 24 | 5th September 2016 | 2016/759 |
| Section 25 | 1st April 2017 | 2016/759 |
| Section 26 | 5th September 2016 | 2016/759 |
| Sections 28 to 35 | 5th September 2016 | 2016/759 |
| Section 62 | 1st April 2017 | 2017/300 |
| Section 65 | 18th August 2016 | 2016/759 |
| Section 67 | 1st April 2017 | 2016/1178 |