{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-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/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For rule 25(4) (equipment of polling stations) substitute—\n“(4) The following notice shall be printed in conspicuous characters and a graphical format and be exhibited inside and outside every polling station and in every compartment of every polling station—\n*PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION\n([Specify colour] ballot paper)\nVote for one candidate only.\n[Specify name of council.] COUNCIL ELECTION\n([Specify colour] ballot paper)\nInstead of using a cross, number the candidates in the order of your choice. Put the number 1 in the box next to the name of the candidate who is your first choice, 2 in the box next to your second choice, 3 in the box next to your third choice and so on.\n*EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION\n([Specify colour] ballot paper)\nVote for one party or candidate only.\nPUT NO OTHER MARK ON THE BALLOT PAPERS, OR YOUR VOTE MAY NOT COUNT.\n*Delete as necessary.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 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/2/paragraph/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."
}