The Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/931
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This order may be cited as the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007.

(2) This order shall come into force on 3rd May 2007.

(3) Article 2(3)(b) and (c) and (5) of this order extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.

(4) The other provisions of this order extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

Section 2 The Representation of the People Act 1983

(1) The Representation of the People Act 1983 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 62B (Scottish local government elections: offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes) , at the end insert–

(7) This subsection and subsection (6) extend to the whole of the United Kingdom, but otherwise this section extends only to Scotland.

(3) In section 160 (persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices) –

(a) in subsection (4A) for “or 62A” substitute “, 62A or 62B”;

(b) in subsection (5A), the words “to subsection (5B) below and” are repealed; and

(c) subsection (5B) is repealed.

(4) In section 173(2) (incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice) , for “or 62A” substitute “, 62A or 62B”.

(5) In section 173A (incapacity to hold public or judicial office in Scotland) , the following provisions are repealed–

(a) in subsection (1), the words “to subsection (3) and”; and

(b) subsection (3).

Section 3 The Electoral Administration Act 2006

In Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 , in Part 7 (miscellaneous amendments), paragraphs 120(3) and (4) and 123 are repealed.