Provisions coming into force on 18th May 20172
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of Part 1 of the Scotland Act 2016 (constitutional arrangements) come into force on 18th May 2017—
a
section 3 (elections);
b
section 4 (power to make provision about elections);
c
section 5 (timing of elections);
d
section 6 (electoral registration: the digital service);
e
section 7 (expenditure in connection with elections);
f
section 8 (review of electoral boundaries by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland);
g
section 9 (functions exercisable within devolved competence: elections);
h
section 10 (minor and consequential amendments: elections etc);
i
section 11 (super-majority requirement for certain legislation); and
j
section 12 (scope to modify the Scotland Act 1998).
2
Section 9 comes into force immediately after sections 3 to 8 and 10 to 12.