Article 3 Offices
(1)
Section 1 of the Act shall apply to the following offices with effect from the dates specified below—
(a)
the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, with effect from 1st May 2006; and
(b)
the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, with effect from 1st April 2003.
(2)
Accordingly, Schedule 1 to the Act is amended by inserting at the appropriate places, with effect from the relevant dates specified in article 3(1), in the list of “Offices”, the entries—
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“the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland”
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“the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner”.