1 Application of this Act to 2021 election
2 Disapplication of section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998
3 Closing date for application to vote by post or amend existing absent vote arrangements
4 Postal voting applications: report at closing date
5 Power to provide for all-postal vote
6 Dissolution of current Parliament
7 Dissolution of current Parliament: consequential modifications
8 Power to provide for polling on additional days
9 First meeting of new Parliament and choice of new First Minister
10 Election of new Presiding Officer
11 Power of Presiding Officer to postpone election
12 Effect of Act on existing power to make provision about elections
For the purpose of the holding of the poll for the 2021 election, the Scottish Parliament is dissolved on 5 May 2021.
But subsection (1) is subject to section 11(8).