{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Right to Buy (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Retention and provision of information by the ballotter",
  "text": "(1) The ballotter must retain—\n(a) all information provided to the ballotter by the community body in accordance with section 51A(6) of the Act and regulation 14;\n(b) all completed ballot papers from any ballot conducted in accordance with regulations 15 to 17;\n(c) evidence of sending the ballot papers from any ballot conducted in accordance with regulations 15 to 17 to those persons eligible to vote;\n(d) all requests for a proxy vote made under regulation 16(1) in relation to any ballot conducted in accordance with regulations 15 to 17; and\n(e) a record of all proxy votes permitted in accordance with regulation 16(3) in relation to any ballot conducted in accordance with regulations 15 to 17,\nfor a period of 2 years after the date by which the ballot papers must be returned in accordance with regulation 15(3)(c).\n(2) Within 28 days of receipt of a request, the ballotter must make available any information, ballot papers, evidence, requests or records mentioned in paragraph (1) for inspection by—\n(a) Ministers (for the purposes of conducting a review under regulation 19 or otherwise); or\n(b) any person with a right of appeal under section 61 of the Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 18 in force at 15.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 51A is inserted by section 49 of the 2015 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 61 is amended by section 58 of, and schedule 5 to, the 2015 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/400/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:49.221010+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."
}