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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-35.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/35",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Opening of ballot boxes and covering envelopes",
  "text": "(1) The count is begun by the returning officer opening each ballot box.\n(2) The returning officer must then—\n(a) count and note the number of covering envelopes; and\n(b) open each covering envelope separately.\n(3) If a covering envelope does not contain a ballot paper the returning officer must—\n(a) mark the covering envelope with the word “rejected”;\n(b) attach to it the contents (if any) of the envelope; and\n(c) place the envelope in a separate receptacle (the “rejected votes box”).\n(4) If a covering envelope does contain a ballot paper, the returning officer must place it in a different receptacle from the rejected votes box.",
  "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/35",
    "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."
}