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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-act-2013/section-18",
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  "legislation": "asp/2013/14",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-act-2013",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Attendance of Electoral Commission at proceedings and observation of working practices",
  "text": "(1) A representative of the Electoral Commission may attend proceedings relating to the referendum that are the responsibility of—\n(a) the Chief Counting Officer, or\n(b) a counting officer.\n(2) The right conferred by subsection (1) is subject to any other provision of this Act which regulates attendance at the proceedings in question.\n(3) A representative of the Electoral Commission may observe the working practices of each of the following in carrying out functions under this Act—\n(a) a registration officer,\n(b) the Chief Counting Officer,\n(c) a counting officer,\n(d) any person acting under the direction of a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).\n(4) In this section, “representative of the Electoral Commission” means any of the following—\n(a) a member of the Electoral Commission,\n(b) a member of staff of the Electoral Commission,\n(c) a person appointed by the Electoral Commission for the purposes of this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/14/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:20.420711+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."
}