{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-53.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/456",
  "legislation_title": "The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/53",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Retention of documents",
  "text": "(1) The registration officer must retain—\n(a) for five years all—\n(i) electronic copies mentioned in regulation 50(1)(b), forwarded to the registration officer under regulation 51;\n(ii) copies of the record given to the registration officer under regulation 48(1A)(b); and\n(iii) election expenses returns forwarded to the registration officer under regulation 64(2); and\n(b) for one year all other documents relating to an election forwarded to the registration officer in pursuance of these Regulations by a returning officer.\n(2) At the expiry of the period in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the registration officer must, unless otherwise directed by an order of a sheriff principal, cause the items retained under that sub-paragraph to be destroyed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 53 substituted (16.12.2016) by The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/424), regs. 1, 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 53 in force at 22.12.2011, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/456/regulation/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:46:25.987591+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."
}