Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

20 In section 11 (election agents and polling agents), in subsection (3), at the beginning, there shall be inserted the words " Except in Scotland, " and the words " or, in Scotland, an electoral division" shall cease to have effect, and after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) In Scotland, the office of the election agent for a parliamentary election shall be within the constituency or an adjoining constituency or in a district which is partly comprised in or adjoins the constituency, and that of a sub-agent shall be in the area within which he is appointed to act; and the office of an election agent for a local government election shall be within the local government area, or in the constituency or one of the constituencies in which the area is comprised, or in a district which adjoins the area.”