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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-ballot-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-ballot-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/228",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Right to Buy (Ballot) (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-ballot-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Retention of Ballot papers",
  "text": "The community body shall retain–\n(a) all completed voting papers;\n(b) in the case of a postal ballot evidence of sending the ballot papers; and\n(c) any proxy authorisations and notifications of intention to use a proxy,\nfor a period of 2 years after the date of the ballot, and these papers and evidence shall be available, on request, for inspection by members of the community, Ministers or any other person with a right of appeal under sections 61 or 62 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/228/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:15.941680+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}