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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-6-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-6-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/608",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-6-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 18th May 2017",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of Part 1 of the Scotland Act 2016 (constitutional arrangements) come into force on 18th May 2017—\n(a) section 3 (elections);\n(b) section 4 (power to make provision about elections);\n(c) section 5 (timing of elections);\n(d) section 6 (electoral registration: the digital service);\n(e) section 7 (expenditure in connection with elections);\n(f) section 8 (review of electoral boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland);\n(g) section 9 (functions exercisable within devolved competence: elections);\n(h) section 10 (minor and consequential amendments: elections etc);\n(i) section 11 (super-majority requirement for certain legislation); and\n(j) section 12 (scope to modify the Scotland Act 1998).\n(2) Section 9 comes into force immediately after sections 3 to 8 and 10 to 12.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/608/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:10:51.802201+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."
}