The Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 2016

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2015 Order” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015;

“account” means the account submitted to the Scottish Ministers under article 18(5) of the 2015 Order for the purpose of payment of a returning officer’s charges;

“combined”, in relation to a poll, means taken together with another poll under article 13 of the 2015 Order (combination of polls) or section 4 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011(1) (combination of polls);

“constituency” means a constituency provided for by Schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998(2);

“constituency returning officer” means the officer who, in accordance with article 14 of the 2015 Order, is the constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election in a constituency;

“regional returning officer” means a regional returning officer for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998(3); and

“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament.

(1)

2011 c.1.

(2)

1998 c.46. Schedule 1 was amended by the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c. 13), Schedule 1, by the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11), Schedule 1 and by S.I. 2010/2691. The constituencies are now those specified in Schedule 1 to S.I. 2010/2691 as well as those of the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands.

(3)

See S.S.I. 2016/9.