{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/part-II/chapter-2/rule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/part-II/chapter-2/rule-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/399",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/II/chapter/2/rule/6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Subscription of nomination paper",
  "text": "(1) The nomination paper shall be subscribed by the candidate and by a witness to the candidate’s signature.\n(2) The returning officer—\n(a) shall supply any person with a nomination paper at the place and during the time for delivery of nomination papers; and\n(b) shall at any person’s request prepare a nomination paper for signature,\nbut it is not necessary for a nomination to be on a form supplied by the returning officer.\n(3) The nomination paper shall state the name ... of the witness to the candidate’s signature.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 1 rule 6(3) omitted (9.9.2020) by virtue of The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/239), arts. 1(1), 4 (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 6 in force at 10.11.2011 except for the purposes of any election to be held on or before 2.5.2012, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/399/schedule/1/part/II/chapter/2/rule/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:47:08.568170+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."
}