The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
These Regulations make amendments to the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (SI. 2001/497) (“the 2001 Regulations”) and to the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1111) (“the 1986 Regulations”) which are necessary as a result of amendments made to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”) by the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”). Section 25 of the 2009 Act transfers responsibility for retaining certain United Kingdom Parliamentary election documents, making them available for public inspection and disposing of them, from sheriff clerks to the parliamentary returning officers.