Regulation 2 Provisions coming into force on 18th May 2017
Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of Part 1 of the Scotland Act 2016 (constitutional arrangements) come into force on 18th May 2017—
section 3 (elections);
section 4 (power to make provision about elections);
section 5 (timing of elections);
section 6 (electoral registration: the digital service);
section 7 (expenditure in connection with elections);
section 8 (review of electoral boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland);
section 9 (functions exercisable within devolved competence: elections);
section 10 (minor and consequential amendments: elections etc);
section 11 (super-majority requirement for certain legislation); and
section 12 (scope to modify the Scotland Act 1998).
Section 9 comes into force immediately after sections 3 to 8 and 10 to 12.