Regulation 9 Amendment of the Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

For regulation 53 (retention of documents), substitute—

“Retention of documents

53.

(1)

The registration officer must retain—

(a)

for five years all—

(i)

electronic copies mentioned in regulation 50(1)(b), forwarded to the registration officer under regulation 51;

(ii)

copies of the record given to the registration officer under regulation 48(1A)(b); and

(iii)

election expenses returns forwarded to the registration officer under regulation 64(2); and

(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.

(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.”.