# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


For the purposes of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–
“agent” includes an election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;
“ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in paragraph 10;
“issue” includes the original and any subsequent issue;
“proxy postal voters list” means the list kept under article 12(7);
“postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;
“postal voter” means a voter who is entitled to vote by post (and includes a proxy postal voter);
“postal voters' ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 16(1)(a);
“receptacle for ballot paper envelopes”, “receptacle for postal voting statements”, “receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes” and “receptacle for rejected votes” mean, respectively, the receptacles referred to in paragraph 16(5); and
“spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 13(1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110717494/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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