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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111015322",
  "legislation_title": "The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Method of election and notice of uncontested election",
  "text": "(1) If at the close of nominations for an election, 2 or more candidates remain validly nominated, the member must be elected from among them in accordance with the rest of this Part and Parts III and IV.\n(2) If one candidate only remains validly nominated, the returning officer must cause public notice to be given that—\n(a) no further steps are to take place under regulations 19 to 47; and\n(b) on the day when the count at the election would have been held, that candidate is to be declared elected in accordance with regulation 48(2).\n(3) The public notice to be given under paragraph (2) must be in such form as the returning officer thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111015322/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:55.658804+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."
}