Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2025 and, subject to paragraph (2), comes into force on 7 November 2025.

(2)

This Order has no effect for the purposes of any election for which the date of poll is on or before 6 May 2026.

(3)

In this Order “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1994 c. 39. Section 2 was amended by section 120 and paragraph 232(1) of schedule 22 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).