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

S.I. 1999/1766 · made 16 June 1999

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.

Made under: Representation of the People Act 1983 (Section 29)

## Introductory text

This Statutory Instrument had been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1999/1094 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument
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 1983 as applied by article 18 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999 the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Amendment 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.

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