Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 576 (S. 1 )
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
Representation Of The People
The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) Order 2011
Made
1st March 2011
Coming into force
2nd March 2011
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(6) of the Scotland Act 1998( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has consulted with the Electoral Commission as required by section 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000( 2 ).
Accordingly the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) Order 2011 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994( 3 ); and
“local government area” means the area of a local authority.
Regional returning officers
3. For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person designated as the regional returning officer for a region specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order is the person who, undersection 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983( 4 ), is the returning officer for elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule.
Revocation
4.The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1999( 5 ) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
DAVID MUNDELL
ParliamentaryUnder Secretary of State
Scotland Office
Dover House, London
1st March 2011
Article 3
SCHEDULE REGIONAL RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT REGIONS
(1) Region | (2) Local government area |
|---|---|
| Central Scotland | North Lanarkshire |
| Glasgow | Glasgow City |
| Highlands and Islands | Highland |
| Lothian | City of Edinburgh |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | Fife |
| North East Scotland | Aberdeen City |
| South Scotland | Dumfries and Galloway |
| West Scotland | Renfrewshire |