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The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2020

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Amendment of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015

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3.  After article 3 (supply of electoral registers) insert—

“Register of electors etc.

3A.  Subject to article 4(5) and sections 13AB (alteration of registers: interim publication dates)(1) and 13B (alteration of registers: pending elections)(2) of the 1983 Act, an alteration in a published version of the register of electors under section 13A or 56 of the 1983 Act (alteration of registers and registration appeals)(3) which is to take effect after the fifth day before the date of the poll for an election does not have effect for the purposes of that election.”.

(1)

Section 13AB was added by section 16(3) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c.6) (“the 2013 Act”) and amended by paragraph 4 of schedule 2 of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 (c.25) (“the 2015 Act”).

(2)

Section 13B was added by paragraph 6 of schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) (“the 2000 Act”) and amended by section 11 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22) (“the 2006 Act”), paragraph 13 of schedule 4 of the 2013 Act and paragraph 5 of schedule 2 of the 2015 Act.

(3)

Section 13A was added by paragraph 6 of schedule 1 of the 2000 Act and amended by paragraph 3 of schedule 6 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12) (“the 2009 Act”), paragraph 3 of schedule 1 and paragraph 12 of schedule 4 of the 2013 Act and para 3 of schedule 2 of the 2015 Act. It was also amended by section 1(4) of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c.13), by section 5(2) and paragraph 4 of schedule 4 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c.33), section 14(1)(a)(iv) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2014 (c.13) and by regulation 2(6) of the Representation of the People (Electronic Communications and Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/699). Section 56 is applied to Scotland, with modification, by section 57 of the 1983 Act. Section 56 was amended by section 11, 24 and 28, paragraph 1 of schedule 2, paragraph 16 of schedule 4 and schedule 5 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), paragraph 14 of schedule 1 and schedule 7 of the 2000 Act, sections 11, 12 and paragraph 8 of schedule 1 of the 2006 Act, section 16(5)(b) and paragraph 18 of schedule 4 of the 2013 Act and paragraph 8 of schedule 2 of the 2015 Act.

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