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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111014639",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Use of schools and public rooms",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer may use, free of charge, for the purpose of taking the poll or counting the votes—\n(a) a room in a school other than an independent school within the meaning of section 135 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980; and\n(b) a room the expense of maintaining which is payable out of local authority funds,\nprovided that nothing in this paragraph shall authorise the use of a room used as part of a private dwellinghouse.\n(2) The returning officer shall make good any damage done to, and defray any expense incurred by the persons having control over, any such room as mentioned above by reason of its being used for the purpose of taking the poll or counting the votes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c.44. Section 135 was amended by section 3 of the School Education (Ministerial Powers and paragraph 3(9) of schedule 2 to the Independent Schools) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 12) and the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111014639/schedule/1/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:01.721435+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."
}