{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-scotland-act-2011/section-7B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-scotland-act-2011/section-7B.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/10",
  "legislation_title": "Local Electoral Administration (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/7B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7B",
  "heading": "Reports requested by the Scottish Ministers",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may request that the Board—\n(a) review, and\n(b) submit a report to them on,\nany matter relating to the Board’s functions mentioned in section 1(3).\n(2) Before making a request under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must consult the Parliamentary corporation.\n(3) The Board must comply with a request under subsection (1) within such time as the Scottish Ministers may request, or such later time as Ministers and the Board may agree.\n(4) The Board may, after submitting a report under this section, publish the report in such manner as it considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 7A, 7B and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2026) by Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4), ss. 69(4), 73(2) (with s. 71); S.S.I. 2025/260, reg. 3, sch. Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/10/section/7B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:05.297086+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."
}