{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/rule-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-1/rule-64.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/64",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Deceased independent candidate with equality of votes",
  "text": "In an election mentioned in rule 62(1), if at any stage of the count the number of votes credited to a deceased candidate is equal with the number of votes credited to another candidate, the number of votes credited to the deceased candidate must be regarded for the purposes of that stage as being the lower number.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 64 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/64",
    "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."
}