{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-31.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/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Ballot boxes",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer must provide one or more ballot boxes for the receipt of ballot papers.\n(2) Every ballot box must be marked with—\n(a) the words “ballot papers”; and\n(b) the name of the Health Board for which the Health Board election is held.\n(3) Every covering envelope received by the returning officer before the poll closes is to be placed in a ballot box (other than those returned under rule 30).\n(4) The returning officer must make provision for the safe custody of every ballot box.\n(5) Every ballot box must be opened at the count.",
  "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/31",
    "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."
}