Part I U.K. Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1–66) modified by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 2(6)

C2 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 20(7)

C3 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 20(7)

C4 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 39(6)

C5 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 24(6)

C6 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 20(7)

C7 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 18(6)

C8 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 20(8)

C9 Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 20(14)

Conduct of parliamentary elections U.K.

25 Returning officers: Scotland. U.K.

(1) In Scotland, the returning officer for a parliamentary election is—

(a) in the case of a constituency wholly situated in one [F1 local government] area, the person under section 41 below who is, or who may discharge the functions of, the returning officer at elections of councillors for the [F2 local authority for that area];

(b) in the case of a constituency situated in more than one [F1 local government] area, such person mentioned above as the Secretary of State may by order direct.

(2) [F3 Every local authority] shall place at the disposal of the returning officer for a constituency wholly or partly situated in [F4 their] area, for the purpose of assisting the returning officer in the discharge of any functions conferred on him in relation to a parliamentary election in that constituency, the services of officers employed by the [F5 authority].

F6 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 25(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(3)(a)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F2 Words in s. 25(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(3)(a)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F3 Words in s. 25(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(3)(b)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F4 Word in s. 25(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(3)(b)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F5 Word in s. 25(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 130(3)(b)(iii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F6 S. 25(3) ceased to have effect and repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 130(3)(c), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)(d), Sch. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10 S. 25(1) extended (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 14(1)

C11 S. 25(1)(b) amended (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 7(2)(c) (with s. 156(6)); S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)