# The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Revocation) Order 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) Order 2011 (“the 2011 Order”). The 2011 Order designates, for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person who is the regional returning officer for each of the eight Scottish Parliament regions. Regional returning officers perform functions, conferred by or under the 1998 Act, in relation to the election and return of regional members of the Scottish Parliament.
Article 2 provides for the revocation of the 2011 Order not to apply to elections which have a date of poll on or before 4th April 2016 (5th April 2016 being the earliest possible date of the next ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament after the making of this Order). The designation of regional returning officers for elections with polls before then will continue to be governed by the 2011 Order.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/743/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-regional-returning-officers-revocation-order-2015/note
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