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Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Political Parties) Act 2021

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 3 Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionScotland
Citation2021 asp 7
  • In the Scotland Act 1998, for section 97 (assistance for opposition parties) substitute—
      (97) Assistance for registered political parties in the Parliament
    • “(1) The Parliament may by resolution make provision for payments to be made to registered political parties for the purpose of assisting members of the Parliament who are connected with the parties to perform their Parliamentary duties.
    • (2) A resolution under subsection (1) may—
    • (a) confer functions on the Parliamentary corporation,
    • (b) determine, or make provision for determining, the circumstances in which a member of the Parliament and a registered political party are to be regarded for the purposes of the resolution as connected,
    • (c) make different provision for different purposes.
    • The Parliament may by resolution make provision for payments to be made to registered political parties for the purpose of assisting members of the Parliament who are connected with the parties to perform their Parliamentary duties.confer functions on the Parliamentary corporation,determine, or make provision for determining, the circumstances in which a member of the Parliament and a registered political party are to be regarded for the purposes of the resolution as connected,make different provision for different purposes.
  • In the Scotland Act 1998, in schedule 7 (procedure for subordinate legislation) , in the table in paragraph 1 the entry for section 97 is repealed.
    • (1) The amendment made by section 1 does not affect the validity of the Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Registered Political Parties) Order 1999 (“the Order”) or anything done under the Order.(2) Subject to subsection (3) , the Order continues to have effect after section 1 comes into force as it had effect immediately before that time.(3) The Order is revoked on the day on which the first resolution of the Parliament under section 97 of the Scotland Act 1998 (as substituted by section 1) comes into force.
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