Commentary on provisions of Act Section 6: Electoral registration: the digital service
Subsection (2) amends section 10ZC of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ("the 1983 Act"), which concerns the procedure for applications to the register of electors, to provide for certain functions of the Secretary of State relating to the Digital Service, to be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with a Minister of the Crown. The functions are exercisable by the Scottish Ministers: (a) in respect of elections to the Scottish Parliament or local government elections; (b) only with the agreement of a Minister of the Crown, and (c) subject to the same provisions as the Scottish Ministers' power to make other regulations under this section, except that they are subject to the negative procedure in the Scottish Parliament.
	Subsection (3) amends section 10ZD of the 1983 Act, which concerns the alteration of the name or address of a person on the register, to provide for certain functions of the Secretary of State relating to the Digital Service to be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with a Minister of the Crown. These functions are subject to the same provisions as apply to subsection (2).
	Subsection (4) amends section 53 of the 1983 Act, which concerns the power to make regulations as to registration, to provide for certain functions of the Secretary of State relating to the Digital Service to be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers concurrently with a Minister of the Crown. These functions are subject to the same provisions as apply to subsections (2) and (3).