http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/12/section/28Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform certain aspects of the law relating to Scottish parliamentary and local government elections, including length of terms; to make provision about the role of the Electoral Commission in relation to those elections; to confer functions on the Electoral Management Board for Scotland in relation to Scottish parliamentary elections; to rename and make provision about the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-12-07Expert Participation2021-09-29PART 4Boundaries ScotlandBoundaries Scotland281The commission originally constituted under section 12 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is to continue to be a commission but is renamed and is to be known as Boundaries Scotland.2Accordingly—ain section 12(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, for the words from “Local” to the end of the subsection substitute “
commission to be known as Boundaries Scotland which is to carry out the functions conferred on it by or under this Act or any other enactment.
”,bany reference in any enactment to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be construed as a reference to the commission's new name, Boundaries Scotland.3The schedule makes further provision in consequence of this section.S. 28 in force at 14.5.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/124, reg. 2, sch.
