The Bill reforms certain aspects of the law relating to Scottish parliamentary and local government elections including: • the length of terms to be set; • the role of the Electoral Commission around Scottish elections and that it is accountable to the Scottish Parliament for such work; • providing the Electoral Commission with the power to make relevant codes of practice for various matters in relation to devolved Scottish elections and that it consults with the Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Parliament where appropriate; and • that the SPCB will now fund the Electoral Commission’s role in devolved Scottish elections.