Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

In this Order—

• “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• “local government area” means the area of a local authority; and

• references to European Parliamentary constituencies are references to the European Parliamentary constituencies established by the European Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1984^f1.