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These Regulations amend the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2025 so that provisions in Part 8 (information to be included with certain electronic material at Scottish elections) of the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (“the Act”) will not come into force on 1 October 2025. Instead those provisions, which are listed in Part 1 of the schedule, will come into force on 17 November 2025.

These Regulations also bring into force sections 69 (Constitution of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland), 70 (application of public bodies legislation to the Electoral Management Board for Scotland) and 71 (transitional provision: membership of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland) of the Act on 1 April 2026.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 29 January 2025. Sections 72, 73 and 74 of the Act were brought into force on 30 January 2025 by section 73(1) of the Act.