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Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025

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56Enforcement by the Electoral CommissionS

(1)Parts 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 19C of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (civil sanctions) and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860) apply (subject to the following provisions of this section) in relation to an offence to which this section applies as they apply in relation to a prescribed offence under that Act.

(2)This section applies to an offence under section 54(1) which relates to the publication of electronic material which can reasonably be regarded as intended to achieve a purpose within section 51(1).

(3)In the application of paragraph 23 of schedule 19C of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (use of statements made compulsorily) by virtue of this section, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph to schedule 19B of that Act is to be read as including a reference to schedule 12 of the Elections Act 2022 (as applied by section 57(1)).

(4)In the application of paragraph 13(1)(a) of Schedule 1 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (Civil Sanctions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2860) by virtue of this section, the reference to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and that Order is to be read as a reference to that Act and that Order as they are applied by this section.

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I1S. 56 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(2)

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