SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1Constituencies, regions and regional members
F8Reports of Boundaries Scotland
Sch. 1 para. 3 cross-heading substituted (14.5.2021) by Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), s. 35, sch. para. 3(8); S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch.
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The review must be conducted in accordance with the constituency rules.
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showing the alterations F15it proposes to the boundaries, or
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stating that in F16its opinion no alteration should be made.
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Subsequent reports must be submitted not less than eight nor more than twelve years after the date of the submission of the last report.
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F12Boundaries Scotland may also from time to time F3... submit to F4the Scottish Ministers reports with respect to the area comprised in any two or more constituencies showing the constituencies into which F17it recommends the area should be divided in order to give effect to the constituency rules.
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A report under sub-paragraph (6) must recommend the same number of constituencies as that in which the area is comprised.
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A report of F13Boundaries Scotland which recommends an alteration to the boundaries of constituencies must state as respects each constituency—
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the name by which F18it recommends it is to be known;
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whether F19it recommends that it is to be a county or a burgh constituency.
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As soon as practicable after F14Boundaries Scotland have submitted a report to F4the Scottish Ministers under this paragraph F4the Scottish Ministers must lay before F6the Parliament —
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the report, and
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the draft of an Order in Council for giving effect to the recommendations contained in the report.
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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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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))