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The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Amendment Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1766 · Made 16 June 1999

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 16th June 1999

Coming into force 18 June 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 29(3), (4) and (8A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983f1 as applied by article 18 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999f2 the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

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Footnotes

f1

1983 c. 2 Section 29 has been amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1999/1228); the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. The powers conferred in section 29(3) have been extended by paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 5 to the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999.

f2

S.I. 1999/787.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 18 June 1999.

2Amendment of the Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999

(1)

The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the definition of “by-election” in article 1(2) for “8” there is substituted “9”.

(3)

In article 3(1)(b) for “7” where it appears in the second place there is substituted “8”.

Signature

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

10th June 1999

We consent to this Order

Jim Dowd

Bob Ainsworth

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

16th June 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999 as a consequence of an error in articles 1(2) and 3(1)(b) of that Order.