Scottish Parliament (Recall of Members) Bill [AS AMENDED AT STAGE 3] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the recall and removal of members of the Scottish Parliament. P ART 1 R ECALL OF MEMBERS OF THE S COTTISH P ARLIAMENT 5 C HAPTER 1 I NITIATION OF THE RECALL PETITION PROCESS 1 How a member becomes subject to a recall petition process (1) A member becomes subject to a recall process if— (a) either— 10 (i) the parliamentary-sanction ground applies in relation to the member (see 1 section 2), or (ii) the criminal-offence ground applies in relation to the member (see section 3), and (b) as a result, the Presiding Officer issues a recall initiating notice in relation to the 15 member (see section 5). (1A) The recall process— (a) for a constituency member is the recall petition process set out in Chapter 2, (b) for a regional member is the recall poll process set out in Chapter 3A. (3) A member is subject to a recall process from the time a recall initiating notice is issued 20 in relation to the member until— (a) a recall termination notice in respect of the process is issued (see section 9), or (b) notice of the outcome of the process is given to the Presiding Officer in accordance with section 14 or 17B.