{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Boundaries Scotland must keep under review the boundaries of the constituencies (other than those mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(za), (a) and (b)).\n(2) The review must be conducted in accordance with the constituency rules.\n(3) Boundaries Scotland must submit to the Scottish Ministers a report—\n(a) showing the alterations it proposes to the boundaries, or\n(b) stating that in its opinion no alteration should be made.\n(4) The first report of Boundaries Scotland to the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph must be submitted to the Scottish Ministers no later than 1 May 2025.\n(5) Subsequent reports must be submitted not less than eight nor more than twelve years after the date of the submission of the last report.\n(6) Boundaries Scotland may also from time to time ... submit to the Scottish Ministers reports with respect to the area comprised in any two or more constituencies showing the constituencies into which it recommends the area should be divided in order to give effect to the constituency rules.\n(7) A report under sub-paragraph (6) must recommend the same number of constituencies as that in which the area is comprised.\n(7A) Boundaries Scotland may not submit to the Scottish Ministers—\n(a) a report mentioned in sub-paragraph (5), or\n(b) a report under sub-paragraph (6),\nduring the period of 18 months immediately preceding the date of the next ordinary general election for membership of the Parliament.\n(8) A report of Boundaries Scotland which recommends an alteration to the boundaries of constituencies must state as respects each constituency—\n(a) the name by which it recommends it is to be known;\n(b) whether it recommends that it is to be a county or a burgh constituency.\n(9) As soon as practicable after Boundaries Scotland have submitted a report to the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph the Scottish Ministers must lay before the Parliament —\n(a) the report, and\n(b) the draft of an Order in Council for giving effect to the recommendations contained in the report.\n(10) Sub-paragraph (9)(b) does not apply if the report states that no alteration is required to be made to the boundaries of the constituencies.\n(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 substituted (22.7.2004 with effect subject to transitional modifications set out in Sch. 2 of the amending Act until \"the appropriate date\", see s. 1(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c. 13), s. 1(1)-(4), Sch. 1 (however, paras. 3-14 of Sch. 1 as so substituted or as so substituted and modified (as the case may be) have no effect until 30.6.2007, see s. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) substituted (S.) (4.10.2018) by Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12), ss. 18(1)(b), 31(2); S.S.I. 2018/282, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 substituted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 8(3), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3)(a) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(5)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3)(b) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(5)(b); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(4) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(4) inserted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 8(5)(a), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(4) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), ss. 32, 35; S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(6) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(6) omitted (18.5.2017) by virtue of Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 8(6), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(6) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(6); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3(7A) inserted (S.) (1.8.2025) by Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4), ss. 63(2), 73(2); S.S.I. 2025/106, reg. 2(1)(b), sch. Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(8) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(8)(a) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(6); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(8)(b) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(6); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(9) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 paras. 3-7 substituted (18.5.2017) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 8(4)(b), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3(11) omitted (18.5.2017) by virtue of Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 8(7), 72(4)(a); S.I. 2017/608, reg. 2(1)(f)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:08.185252+00:00"
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  "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."
}