sections 10A(7) and (9)44, 13A(1) and (6), 5345 and 201(1) and (3)46 of, rule 2447 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 248 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”);

sections 3(5), (6) and (7)49 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”);

having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act, sections 4(4)50, 9(2)51, 10A(1), (3), (5) and (7), 13(3), 13A(2), F113AB(2), 13B(3), 14(1), 16, 56(1) and (5) and 57, 75(3) and 89(1) of, and rules 24, 28(3), 29(3A)52, 32(3) and 45(1B)53 in Schedule 1 to, that Act;

having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act and section 27(2) of the 1985 Act, section 2(3) of the 1985 Act54;

having regard to the definition of “prescribed” in section 202(1) of the 1983 Act and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000, the following provisions in that Schedule, namely, paragraphs 3(1)(b) and (2)(c), 4(1)(b), (2)(c) and (4)(a), 6(7) and (8) and 7(5)(c) and (7);

having regard to the designation55 of the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 197256 in relation to measures relating to the rights of citizens o f the Union to vote at European Parliamentary elections and local government elections in Scotland, that section 2(2); and

paragraph 2(4)(b) of Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 197857.