{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/section-9AAn1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/section-9AAn1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/41",
  "legislation_title": "Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000",
  "path": "section/9AAn1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9AA",
  "heading": "Setting performance standards: devolved Scottish elections",
  "text": "(1) Before determining standards under subsection (1) of section 9A relating to any elections mentioned in subsection (5A)(a) to (c) of that section, the Commission must consult—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers, and\n(b) any other person they think appropriate.\n(2) When the Commission publish standards under subsection (1) of section 9A relating to any elections mentioned in subsection (5A)(a) to (c) of that section—\n(a) the Commission must send a copy of the published standards to the Scottish Ministers, and\n(b) the Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the published standards before the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 9A-9C inserted (11.9.2006) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 67, 77(2); S.I. 2006/1972, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 23 (subject to art. 4, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 9AA inserted (S.) (1.10.2020) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), ss. 14(3), 35; S.S.I. 2020/278, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/section/9AAn1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:25.524976+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."
}