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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/352",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Validity of nomination",
  "text": "(1) A candidate ceases to be nominated if—\n(a) the candidate withdraws before the nomination period ends;\n(b) the candidate is treated as having withdrawn under rule 16(2);\n(c) the candidate is disqualified by rule 10 (or becomes so disqualified before the nomination period ends);\n(d) the candidate dies before the nomination period ends; or\n(e) the returning officer decides, no later than 24 hours after the nomination period ends, that the candidate’s nomination paper is invalid.\n(2) A returning officer may decide that a nomination paper is invalid only if it is not completed in accordance with rule 13(2).\n(3) If a returning officer decides that a nomination paper is invalid, the officer must—\n(a) endorse on the paper the decision and the reasons for it;\n(b) sign the paper; and\n(c) send notice of the decision to the candidate’s address as stated on the paper.\n(4) A returning officer’s decision on validity of a nomination paper is final (but does not prevent the validity of a nomination from being questioned on an election petition).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "Sch. rule 5 renumbered as Sch. rule 5(1)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/58",
      "affecting_title": "The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/58",
      "affecting_title": "The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/352/schedule/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:59:24.243470+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."
}