2 Ordinary general elections
Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c 46) | Legislation

General elections

2  Ordinary general elections

(1)     . . .

(2)     [The day on which the poll at an ordinary general election for membership of the Parliament is to be held is the first Thursday in May in the fifth] calendar year following that in which the previous ordinary general election was held, unless[—

(a)     subsection (2A) prevents the poll being held on that day, or

(b)     the day of the poll is determined by a proclamation under subsection (5)].

[(2A)     The poll shall not be held on the same date as the date of the poll at—

(a)

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