Amendment of Regulations

2.  In the Schedule to the principal Regulations–

(a) after paragraph 1(a), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:–

“(aa) the Scottish Parliament;”;

(b) after paragraph 1, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

“1A.   Where prior to 1st January 1999 an announcement has been made that the appointee is, or intends to be, a candidate for election as a member of the Scottish Parliament at the first ordinary general election for membership of that Parliament, the appointee shall not act, or continue to act, as such a candidate.”; and

(c) after paragraph 2, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

“2A.   Notwithstanding any contrary provision in his terms of appointment or his contract of employment, upon the appointee giving notice in writing to the local authority under which he holds his appointment that he wishes to resign his appointment because he intends to become, or to continue to act as, a candidate for election as a member of the Scottish Parliament at the first ordinary general election for membership of that Parliament, his appointment shall terminate forthwith.”.