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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-general-election-coronavirus-act-2021/section-7",
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  "legislation": "asp/2021/5",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-general-election-coronavirus-act-2021",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Dissolution of current Parliament: consequential modifications",
  "text": "(1) In relation to the 2021 election, the 2015 Order has effect in accordance with the modifications in this section.\n(2) In article 80(1), the provision as to when a person becomes a candidate in relation to a Scottish parliamentary election has effect as if for the words from “ on the date of ” to “issued” there were substituted “ on the day which is 27 days before 6 May 2021, computed in accordance with rule 2 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules (computation of time) ”.\n(3) Paragraph 1(2)(a)(i) of schedule 1 has effect as if for the words “the date of the dissolution of the Parliament as provided for at section 2(3)(a) of the 1998 Act” there were substituted “ the day which is 27 days before the day of the poll at the election, computed in accordance with rule 2 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules (computation of time) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/5/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:37.938538+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."
}