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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-amendment-order-2026/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/254",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-amendment-order-2026",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Additional information on polling cards",
  "text": "In rule 24 (issue of official poll cards and notifications), after paragraph (4), insert—\n“(4A) The official poll card, the official postal poll card, the official poll card issued to the proxy of an elector and the official postal poll card issued to the proxy of an elector may, in addition to the matters in the relevant form, set out such other information, not relating to any candidate or registered party, as the returning officer considers appropriate, and different additional information may be provided to different electors or descriptions of elector.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/254/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:29:09.610530+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."
}