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Changes over time for: Section 86
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86 Scottish representation at Westminster.U.K.
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(1)Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (rules for redistribution of seats) is amended as follows.
(2)Rule 1(2) (Scotland to have not less than 71 constituencies) is omitted.
(3)After rule 3 there is inserted—
A constituency which includes the Orkney Islands or the Shetland Islands shall not include the whole or any part of a local government area other than the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands.”;and in rule 4, for “3” there is substituted “ 3A ”.
(4)In applying rule 5 (electoral quotas for each part of the United Kingdom) to Scotland for the purposes of the first report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland to be submitted under section 3(1) of that Act after the commencement of this subsection, “electoral quota” means the number which, on the enumeration date in relation to that report, is the electoral quota for England.
(5)In paragraph 7 (Commissions do not have to give full effect to all rules), after “rules” there is inserted “ (except rule 3A) ”.
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