Scotland Act 1998, Section 6 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)This section and sections 7 and 8 are about the return of regional members at a general election.
(2)In each of the constituencies for the Parliament, a poll shall be held at which each person entitled to vote as elector may give a vote (referred to in this Act as a “regional vote”) for—
(a)a registered political party which has submitted a regional list, or
(b)an individual candidate to be a regional member for the region.
(3)The right conferred on a person by subsection (2) is in addition to any right the person may have to vote in any poll for the return of a constituency member.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6 applied (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No 648/2004, Art. 15(7) (as inserted by The Detergents (Safeguarding) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/671), regs. 1, 3(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
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