{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006-commencement-no-10-and-transitional-provision-order-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Electoral Administration Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-administration-act-2006-commencement-no-10-and-transitional-provision-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force those provisions of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 set out in article 2 on 4th May 2016. The commencement of those provisions applies only to members or membership of the Scottish Parliament.\nThose provisions remove the requirement for members of the Scottish Parliament to deliver a report to the Electoral Commission in respect of a donation under paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41), or a controlled transaction under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7A to that Act. These reporting requirements continue to apply to any such donation or controlled transaction received or entered into before 24th March 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/551/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:48.514727+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}