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The Scotland Act 2012 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2015

S.I. 2015/682 · Made 17 March 2015

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Constitutional Law

Devolution, Scotland

Made 17th March 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 44(5) of the Scotland Act 2012f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2012 c.11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed Day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 2012 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2015.

2Appointed Day

The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Scotland Act 2012 is 1st July 2015—

(a)

section 1 (administration of elections);

(b)

section 3 (supplementary and transitional provision about elections).

Signature

David Mundell

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Scotland Office

Dover House,

London

17th March 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order commences sections 1 and 3 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11) on 1st July 2015. Section 1 transfers certain of the executive functions in section 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) relating to the conduct and administration of Scottish Parliament elections, which are currently exercisable by the Secretary of State, to the Scottish Ministers. It also introduces a new section 12A which sets out the powers to make provision about elections that continue to be exercisable by the Secretary of State. Section 3 makes supplementary and transitional provision in connection with the transfer of responsibility to the Scottish Ministers.