204 General application to Scotland
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

Scotland and Northern Ireland

204  General application to Scotland

(1)     This section has (in addition to any express application elsewhere in this Act) effect for the general application of this Act to Scotland, and accordingly—

“electoral area”, in relation to a local government election, means the electoral . . . ward for which the election is held;

[“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994;]

“local government Act” means the [Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9)];

[“local government area” means the area of a local authority;] and

“local government election” means an election of councillors

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