Functions shared by the Scottish Ministers and a Minister of the Crown5
1
The functions described in paragraph (3) are exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with a Minister of the Crown, so far as they are exercisable by the Minister of the Crown in or as regards Scotland.
2
Those functions are exercisable by the Scottish Ministers—
a
only with the agreement of a Minister of the Crown; and
b
only in order to give effect to provision reducing the minimum voting age to 16 at elections to the Scottish Parliament or local government elections (or both).
3
The functions are those conferred by the following enactments—
a
section 53(1) and (3) of the Representation of the People Act 19835;
b
paragraphs 1A, 3ZA and 8C of Schedule 2 to that Act6,
so far as relating to the use of the digital service for applications for registration or for verifying information contained in applications for registration.
4
In this article “digital service” has the meaning given by regulation 3(1) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001, as that regulation had effect on the date on which this Order came into force.