SCHEDULEMinor and consequential amendments

12Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)>

In section 12A (power of the Secretary of State to make provision about the combination of polls)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

in paragraph (a), for “the elections listed in subsection (2)” substitute “parliamentary by-elections”;

ii

in paragraph (b), for “the elections listed in subsections (2) and (3)” substitute “parliamentary by-elections or parliamentary general elections”;

b

omit subsections (2) and (3).