{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-57",
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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/57",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Sealing up of ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) On the completion of the counting at a contested election the returning officer shall seal up in packets the ballot papers and a complete electronic copy of the information stored in the electronic counting system held in a device suitable for the purposes of its storage.\n(2) The returning officer shall not open the sealed packets of—\n(a) tendered ballot papers;\n(b) the completed corresponding number lists;\n(c) certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll; or\n(d) marked copies of the register of electors and any notices setting out an alteration to the register of electors referred to in rule 19(b), marked copies of the postal voters list, the list of proxies and the proxy postal voters list.\n(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after the electronic copy mentioned in paragraph (1) has been stored in accordance with that paragraph, the returning officer shall obtain a copy of such information as may be required to comply with the requirements of rule 61 (publication of voting information) and shall then procure that all original electronic data or records relating to the election are removed from the electronic counting system and that it (and any copy of that data or records other than a copy made pursuant to paragraph (1) or to comply with the requirements of rule 61 are destroyed in a manner which ensures that the confidentiality of the data or records is preserved.\n(4) Any information retained to comply with the requirements of rule 61 may be used only for that purpose and the returning officer must, in keeping and using it, take all reasonable steps to maintain the secrecy of voting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111014639/schedule/1/paragraph/57",
    "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."
}