P ART 1 5 R ECALL OF MEMBERS OF THE S COTTISH P ARLIAMENT 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 petition process if— 10 (a) either— 1 (i) the parliamentary-sanction ground applies in relation to the member (see section 2), or (ii) the criminal-offence ground applies in relation to the member (see section 3), and 15 (b) as a result, the Presiding Officer issues a recall initiating notice in relation to the member (see section 5). (2) For the purposes of this Part— (a) “recall petition” means a petition calling for a member to lose the member’s seat in the Parliament, 20 (b) a member is subject to a recall petition process from the time a recall initiating notice is issued in relation to the member until— (i) a recall termination notice in respect of the process is issued (see section 9), or (ii) notice of the outcome of the process is given to the Presiding Officer in 25 accordance with section 14.