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The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/270 · Made 4 February 1999

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 4th February 1999

Coming into force 8th February 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12(6) of the Scotland Act 1998f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 46.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Regional returning officers
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule REGIONAL RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THE REGIONS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 8th February 1999.

(2)

In this Order–

  • “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994f1; and

  • “local government area” means the area of a local authority.

2Regional returning officers

For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person designated as the regional returning officer for a region specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Orderf1 shall be the person who, under section 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983f2, is the returning officer at elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule.

Signature

Henry McLeish

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th February 1999

REGIONAL RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THE REGIONS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

12
RegionLocal government area
Central ScotlandNorth Lanarkshire
GlasgowGlasgow City
Highlands and IslandsHighland
Mid Scotland and FifeFife
North East ScotlandAberdeen City
South of ScotlandDumfries and Galloway
West of ScotlandRenfrewshire

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates persons to be the regional returning officers for each region in relation to the Scottish Parliament. The regional returning officer for each region will perform functions, conferred by or under the Scotland Act 1998 in relation to the election and return of regional members of the Scottish Parliament.