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The Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2026

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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 72(3) of the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Constitutional Law

Representation Of The People

Made 2026

Coming into force 2026

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 72 of the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025f1, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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Footnotes

f1

2025 asp 4.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2026, and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

2Amendment of the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009

(1)

The Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In schedule 1—

(a)

in rule 38(2) (amount of MSP pension), for “82(2)”, substitute “82”,

(b)

in rule 95 (pension reduction for dual mandate MSPs), for “82(2)”, in each of the three places it occurs, substitute “82”.

(3)

In schedule 2, in paragraph 3(2) (amount of MSP grants), for “82(2)” substitute “82”.

Signature

Name

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations update references to section 82(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) in schedules 1 and 2 of the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”), specifically to replace references to section 82(2) with broader references to section 82 of the 1998 Act.

These changes are required in consequence of provision made by the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Councillors) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/306) and the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Commons) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/307). Those instruments were made in exercise of the powers in sections 3 and 5 of the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 and made amendments to section 82 of the 1998 Act. This instrument ensures that those amendments to section 82 of the 1998 Act are reflected in the relevant places in the 2009 Act.