SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1Constituencies, regions and regional members
General
1
1
There are to be 73 constituencies for the purposes of this Act.
2
The constituencies are—
a
the Orkney Islands,
b
the Shetland Islands, and
c
the parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (except the constituency of Orkney and Shetland) provided for by Article 2 of and the Schedule to the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1037).
3
The reference to the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1995 is a reference to that Order as at 11 April 1995 (the day it was made).
2
1
There are to be eight regions for the purposes of this Act.
2
The regions are the eight European Parliamentary constituencies which were provided for by the European Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1926).
3
Seven regional members are to be returned for each region.
Sch. 1 substituted (22.7.2004 with effect subject to transitional modifications set out in Sch. 2 of the amending Act until "the appropriate date", see s. 1(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c. 13), s. 1(1)-(4), Sch. 1 (however, paras. 3-14 of Sch. 1 as so substituted or as so substituted and modified (as the case may be) have no effect until 30.6.2007, see s. 1(4))