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Article 15 Constituency returning officers

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The constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election shall be–

(a)

in the case of a constituency wholly situated in one local government area, the person who under section 41 of the 1983 Act (returning officers: local elections in Scotland) is the returning officer at elections of councillors for the local authority for that area;

(b)

in the case of a constituency situated in more than one local government area, such person mentioned above as the Secretary of State may by order in writing direct.