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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110717494",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Computation of time",
  "text": "In computing any period of time for the purposes of the Table in rule 1(1)–\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday;\n(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Monday;\n(c) a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971; or\n(d) a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,\nshall be disregarded, and any such day shall not be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings up to the completion of the poll nor shall a constituency returning officer be obliged to proceed with the counting of votes on such a day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
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  "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."
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