# The Local Government (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Revocations) (Scotland) Order 1996, Paragraph 12: The Scottish Local Election Rules 1986


(1) The Scottish Local Elections Rules 1986 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In rule 4—
(a) before the definition of “local government area”, there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”; and
(b) for the definition of “local government area”, there shall be substituted the following definition:—
““local government area” means the area of a local authority;”.
(3) In the local elections rules set out in Schedule 2—
(a) in rule 14(2) for the words “regional, islands area or district council”, there shall be substituted the words “local authority”;
(b) in rule 21(3)(a) the words “division or” shall be omitted; and
(c) in rule 46(1) for the words “region, islands area or district, as the case may be,”, there shall be substituted the words “local government area”.
(4) In the Appendix of Forms set out in Schedule 2—
(a) in the title in the form of the notice of election the words “[REGIONAL] [ISLANDS] [DISTRICT]” shall be omitted;
(b) in the form of the nomination paper in note 4 the words “division or” shall be omitted;
(c) in the form of the notice of poll for the words “[REGIONAL] [ISLANDS] [DISTRICT] [COUNCIL]”, there shall be substituted the words “[ ] COUNCIL”;
(d) in the form of the elector’s official poll card the word “division/” shall be omitted;
(e) in the form of the proxy’s official poll card the word “division/” shall be omitted;
(f) for the words “[Region], [Islands Area], [District]” and “[region] [islands area] [district]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Local Government Area” and “local government area” respectively;
(g) for the words “[Regional] [Islands] [District]” and “[regional], [islands], [district]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Local Government” and “local government” respectively;
(h) for the words “[Regional] [Islands Area] [District]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “Local Government Area”;
(i) for the words “[Electoral Division] [Ward]” and “[Electoral Division(s)] [Ward(s)]”, there shall be substituted the words “Electoral Ward” and “Electoral Ward(s)” respectively;
(j) for the words “[electoral division], [ward]” and “[electoral divisions] [wards]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “electoral ward” and “electoral wards” respectively;
(k) for the words “[ELECTORAL DIVISION] [WARD]” there shall be substituted the words “ELECTORAL WARD”;
(l) for the words “[electoral division(s)], [ward(s)]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “electoral ward(s)”; and
(m) for the words “[division(s)], [ward(s)]” wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the word “ward(s)”.
(5) In Schedule 3 (modification to the local elections rules for combined polls under section 15(1) or (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985)—
(a) for the words “for *[this region] *[this islands area] *[this district] * (delete whichever is inapplicable )” which are inserted in question (ii) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) of rule 28 of the local elections rules and in the second question of paragraph (2) of that rule by paragraph 8 of that Schedule, there shall be substituted the words “for this local government area”;
(b) in paragraph (1) of rule 38 of the local elections rules as substituted by paragraph 18 of that Schedule—
(i) in sub-paragraph (d) between the words “parliamentary election” and “European”, there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be,” and the words from “or, as the case may be, other local government election” shall be omitted; and
(ii) the words from “In the application” to “returning officer” shall be omitted;
(c) in paragraph (2) of rule 38 of the local elections rules, as substituted by paragraph 18 of that Schedule, for the words “regional council election or district council election, as the case may be” there shall be substituted the words “local government election”;
(d) in the provisions added to paragraphs (1) and (2) of rule 48 of the local elections rules by paragraph 20 of that Schedule between the words “parliamentary election” and “European”, there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be,” and the words “or, as the case may be, other local government election,” shall be omitted; and
(e) in the provisions inserted by paragraph 24 of that Schedule in the form of declaration to be made by the companion of a blind voter in the Appendix of Forms in Schedule 2 of the local elections rules—
(i) for the words “of this *region/*islands area/*district” there shall be substituted the words “of this local government area”; and
(ii) the words “/*this electoral area of this */region/*district” shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/739/schedule/1/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-and-revocations-scotland-order-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-12
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