Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the 2015 Order” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015,
“account” means the account submitted to the Scottish Ministers under article 18(5) of the 2015 Order for the purposes of payment of a returning officer’s charges,
“constituency” means a constituency provided for by paragraph 1(2) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998^f1,
“constituency returning officer” means the officer who, in accordance with article 14 of the 2015 Order, is the constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election in a constituency^f2,
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f3,
“regional returning officer” means a regional returning officer for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998^f4, and
“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations

f1: 1998 c. 46. Schedule 1 was substituted by section 1 and schedule 1 of the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c. 13), and amended by S.I. 2010/2691, paragraph 8 of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11) and section 18 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12). The constituencies are the constituencies specified by name in paragraph 1(2) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 and those specified by an order under the same paragraph. The relevant order specifying the constituencies is S.S.I. 2025/285.
f2: For the purposes of any election the polling day for which is on or before 6 May 2026, the order under article 14(b) specifying the constituency returning officers for constituencies situated in more than one local authority area is S.S.I. 2016/9. For the purposes of any election the polling day for which is on or after 7 May 2026, the relevant order is S.S.I. 2025/287.
f3: 1994 c. 39. Section 2 was amended by section 120 and paragraph 232(1) of schedule 22 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).
f4: See S.S.I. 2025/287, article 2 and schedule 1.