Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020
Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (2020 asp 12)
- Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (2020 asp 12)
- PART 1 General reforms
- Term lengths
- 1 Dates of general elections to the Scottish Parliament
- 2 Dates of Scottish local government elections
- Scottish Parliament elections
- 3 Postponement of general elections to the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish local government elections
- 4 Electoral wards: number of councillors
- 5 Electors: prohibition on voting more than once
- 6 Electronic voting
- 7 Evaluation of pilot schemes
- Registration of attainers
- 8 Entitlement to register as an elector before attaining voting age
- PART 2 Electoral Commission
- Codes of practice
- 9 Expenditure of candidates at Scottish parliamentary elections
- 10 Expenditure of candidates at Scottish local government elections
- 11 Attendance of observers at Scottish parliamentary elections
- 12 Controlled expenditure of third parties at Scottish local government elections
- Reporting and standards
- 13 Reviews of electoral and political matters
- 14 Setting of performance standards
- Funding
- 15 Financing of Electoral Commission
- 16 Reimbursement of costs by Scottish Ministers etc.
- Examination and audit: devolved Scottish elections
- 17 Electoral Commission: five-year plan
- 18 Accounts and accounting officer
- Reporting
- 19 Reports by Electoral Commission: devolved Scottish elections
- Expenses and donations for local government elections
- 20 Electoral Commission: election expenses at Scottish local government elections
- 21 Electoral Commission: donations to candidates at local government elections
- Voting by disabled persons: devolved Scottish elections
- 22 Reports on elections: voting by disabled persons at devolved Scottish elections
- Miscellaneous
- 23 Notification of Commission regulations: devolved Scottish elections
- PART 3 Electoral Management Board for Scotland
- 24 Electoral Management Board for Scotland: general functions
- 25 Directions to returning officers: Scottish parliamentary elections
- 26 Directions to electoral registration officers: Scottish parliamentary elections
- 27 Electoral Management Board for Scotland: miscellaneous amendments
- PART 4 Boundaries Scotland
- 28 Boundaries Scotland
- 29 Reviews of local government wards and number of councillors
- 30 Changes to boundaries of parliamentary constituencies: procedure
- 31 Changes to local government areas or electoral arrangements: procedure
- 32 Scottish Parliament constituency boundaries: timing of first report
- 33 Publishing of proposals affecting Scottish Parliament constituencies
- PART 5 Final provisions
- 34 Ancillary provision
- 35 Commencement
- 36 Short title
- SCHEDULE Boundaries Scotland: modification of enactments
- Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
- Scotland Act 1998
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002
- Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
- Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003
- Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
- Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011
- Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
- Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018
- Islands (Scotland) Act 2018
- Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001
- Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Codes of Conduct for Members of certain Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2006
- Scottish Parliament (Disqualification) Order 2015
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