{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/rule-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/rule-46.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/rule/46",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "First stage",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer shall sort the valid ballot papers into parcels according to the candidates for whom first preference votes are given.\n(2) The returning officer shall then—\n(a) count the number of ballot papers in each parcel;\n(b) credit the candidate receiving the first preference vote with one vote for each ballot paper; and\n(c) record those numbers.\n(3) The returning officer shall also ascertain and record the total number of valid ballot papers.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 46 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/rule/46",
    "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."
}