Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Political Parties) Act 2021
2021 asp 7
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable the Parliament to make provision by
        resolution for payments to registered political parties for the purpose of assisting members
        of the Parliament who are connected with the parties to perform their Parliamentary
        duties.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on
          2nd February 2021 and received Royal Assent on 22nd March 2021
Assistance for registered political parties in the Parliament
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In the Scotland Act 1998, for section 97 (assistance for opposition parties)
              substitute—“
Assistance for registered political parties in the Parliament
97 

(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.”.
Consequential amendment
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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              in the table in paragraph 1 the entry for section 97 is repealed.
Saving provision
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(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.
Commencement
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This Act comes into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the
              day of Royal Assent.
Short title
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The short title of this Act is the Scottish Parliament (Assistance for Political
              Parties) Act 2021.