{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if Boundaries Scotland submit a report to the Scottish Ministers recommending an alteration in a constituency.\n(2) In the report Boundaries Scotland must recommend any alteration in any of the regions which it thinks is necessary to give effect to the regional rules.\n(3) A report making a recommendation for an alteration in a region must recommend the name by which Boundaries Scotland think the region should be known.",
  "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. 4(1) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(b); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 paras. 3-7 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": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(b); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(3)(a); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(3) substituted (S.) (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(2)(b); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:08.185252+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."
}