F1SCHEDULE 1Constituencies, regions and regional members
Reports of F2the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
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(1)
F2The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland must keep under review the boundaries of the constituencies (other than those mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(a) and (b)).
(2)
The review must be conducted in accordance with the constituency rules.
(3)
F2The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland must submit to F3the Scottish Ministers a report—
(a)
showing the alterations they propose to the boundaries, or
(b)
stating that in their opinion no alteration should be made.
(4)
(5)
Subsequent reports must be submitted not less than eight nor more than twelve years after the date of the submission of the last report.
(6)
F2The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland may also from time to time F6... submit to F3the Scottish Ministers reports with respect to the area comprised in any two or more constituencies showing the constituencies into which they recommend the area should be divided in order to give effect to the constituency rules.
(7)
A report under sub-paragraph (6) must recommend the same number of constituencies as that in which the area is comprised.
(8)
A report of F2the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland which recommends an alteration to the boundaries of constituencies must state as respects each constituency—
(a)
the name by which they recommend it is to be known;
(b)
whether they recommend that it is to be a county or a burgh constituency.
(9)
As soon as practicable after F2the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland have submitted a report to F3the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph F3the Scottish Ministers must lay before F7the Parliament —
(a)
the report, and
(b)
the draft of an Order in Council for giving effect to the recommendations contained in the report.
(10)
Sub-paragraph (9)(b) does not apply if the report states that no alteration is required to be made to the boundaries of the constituencies.
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(1)
(2)
In the report F2the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland must recommend any alteration in any of the regions which they think is necessary to give effect to the regional rules.
(3)
A report making a recommendation for an alteration in a region must recommend the name by which F2the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland think the region should be known.