
2025 No. 347
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Non-Party Campaigner Code of Practice) (Appointed Date) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2025
Made 11th November 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 13th November 2025
Coming into force 17th November 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 100BA(8)(b) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.The Electoral Commission have prepared a draft code of practice entitled “the Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Scottish Parliament Elections) Code of Practice 2025” in accordance with section 100AA(1) of the 2000 Act and have consulted the Scottish Parliament and such other persons as the Commission considers appropriate in accordance with section 100BA(1) of that Act.Following that consultation, the Commission has made such modifications to the draft code as the Commission considers necessary and submitted it to the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 100BA(2) of the 2000 Act.The Scottish Ministers have approved the draft code without modification and have laid a copy of it before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 100BA(3) and (4) of the 2000 Act.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) This Order may be cited as the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Non-Party Campaigner Code of Practice) (Appointed Date) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2025 and comes into force on 17 November 2025.
(2) In this Order “the Code of Practice” means the code of practice entitled “the Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Scottish Parliament Elections) Code of Practice 2025”, a draft of which was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 10 November 2025.
Appointed Date
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The date appointed for the coming into force of the Code of Practice is 6 January 2026.
Revocation
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The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (Non-Party Campaigner Code of Practice) (Appointed Date) (Scotland) Order 2025 is revoked.
GRAEME DEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House
Edinburgh
11th November 2025