{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-elections-representation-and-reform-act-2025/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-elections-representation-and-reform-act-2025/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2025/4",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-elections-representation-and-reform-act-2025",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Scottish Parliament: disqualification relating to sexual offences etc.",
  "text": "(1) The Scotland Act 1998 is modified as follows.\n(2) In section 15 (disqualification from membership of the Parliament)—\n(a) after subsection (1)(b), insert—\n“(ba) the person is subject to—\n(i) any relevant notification requirements, or\n(ii) a relevant sexual harm or risk order,”, and\n(b) after subsection (3), insert—\n“(4) In this section and in section 16—\n“relevant notification requirements” has the same meaning as in section 31(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and\n“relevant sexual harm or risk order” has the same meaning as in section 31(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.8.2025 by S.S.I. 2025/106, reg. 2(1)(b), sch. Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/4/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:00.522426+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."
}