Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill 19 Part 4—Boundaries Scotland (7) The Scottish Ministers must not withdraw a draft instrument or an amended draft instrument laid before the Scottish Parliament under subsection (3)(b)(ii) or, as the case may be, (5)(a) except with the agreement of the Scottish Parliament. 5 (8) If the Scottish Parliament approves— (a) a draft instrument laid before it by the Scottish Ministers under subsection (3)(b)(ii), or (b) an amended draft instrument laid before it by the Scottish Ministers under subsection (5)(a), 10 the Scottish Ministers must make the regulations contained in the draft instrument or, as the case may be, the amended draft instrument. (9) The Scottish Ministers may lay before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph (b)(ii) of subsection (3) more than one draft Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations giving effect to proposals referred to in that subsection. 15 (10) Accordingly, the references in subsections (5) to (7) to a draft instrument or an amended draft instrument include references to more than one draft instrument or amended draft instrument. 17A Further reviews and reports by Boundaries Scotland (1) Boundaries Scotland must conduct a further review of proposals to alter any 20 local government area or electoral arrangements where it has been notified by the Scottish Ministers under section 17(5)(b). (2) Boundaries Scotland may determine the manner and the extent of the review under this section, provided that the purpose of the review is to— (a) consider the representations (if any) of the Scottish Parliament, and 25 (b) reconsider the proposals and make any further or supplementary proposals as it thinks fit. (3) Sections 18 (except subsections (2) and (3)) and 19 apply to a review under this section as they apply to a review under section 17 (but subject to the modification in subsection (4)). 30 (4) The modification is that the reference in subsection (2A) of section 18 to a consultation under subsection (2)(a) of that section is to be read as if it were a reference to any consultation carried out by Boundaries Scotland in connection with a review under this section. (5) Boundaries Scotland may take such steps under section 18(3) as it thinks fit in 35 relation to a review under this section. (6) Boundaries Scotland must— (a) before such date as the Scottish Ministers may direct, or in the absence of such direction, within such reasonable time as it may determine, submit a report to the Scottish Ministers on its further review under this 40 section, and (b) include in the report either— (i) any further or supplementary proposals it has formulated following the review, or 20 Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill Part 4—Boundaries Scotland (ii) a notification that it has no further or supplementary proposals to make. (7) Subsections (3) to (8) of section 17 apply to a report submitted under this section as they apply to a report submitted under section 17. 5 (8) But where a report has already been submitted under this section, the Scottish Ministers may notify Boundaries Scotland under subsection (5)(b) of section 17 that it is required to conduct a further review only if the Scottish Parliament has by resolution directed them to do so. (9) A further review under this section is to be disregarded for the purposes of 10 calculating the intervals between reviews under this Part.”. (3) In section 18(3)(b) (procedure for reviews)— (a) for “an order giving effect, with or without modifications, ” substitute “regulations giving effect ”, (b) the words from “or, as the case may be” to the end of that paragraph are repealed. 15 (4) In section 24 (consequential and transitional arrangements)— (a) in subsection (1) for “orders” substitute “regulations”, (b) in subsection (4)— (i) for “An order” substitute “Regulations”, (ii) for “order” substitute “regulations”, 20 (c) in subsection (5) for “order”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “regulations”. (5) In section 25(1) (transitional agreements as to property and finance)— (a) for “order”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “regulations”, (b) for “an order” substitute “regulations”. 25 (6) In section 26 (variation and revocation)— (a) for subsection (1) substitute— “(1) The power conferred by section 233 to vary and revoke orders under this Act is to be read to apply to regulations under this Part but modified to apply only in relation to any supplementary provision contained in any such regulations, and 30 regulations varying or revoking any such provision may be made only after compliance with subsections (2) and (3).”, (b) in subsection (2), for “order”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “regulations”, (c) in subsection (3), for “an order” substitute “regulations”, 35 (d) in subsection (4), for “a draft order” substitute “draft regulations”, (e) in subsection (5) for “an order” substitute “regulations”. (7) The title of section 26 becomes “Variation and revocation of regulations under Part 2”. 32 Scottish Parliament constituency boundaries: timing of first report In paragraph 3(4) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998, for “no earlier than 1 May 40 2018 and no later than 1 May 2022” substitute “no later than 1 May 2025”.