{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-regional-returning-officers-and-constituency-returning-officers-order-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2025/287",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-regional-returning-officers-and-constituency-returning-officers-order-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE\nMade 21st October 2025\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 23rd October 2025\nComing into force 7th November 2025\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(6) and 113(4) of the Scotland Act 1998, article 14(b) of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015, and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 7(1) and (2)(g) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the Electoral Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 46. Section 12 was substituted by section 4(1) of the Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) and amended by paragraph 8 of schedule 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2015/425."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 41. Section 7(2)(g) was amended by section 3(5) of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), that amendment is not relevant to this instrument."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/287/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:33:56.930499+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."
}