{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2002/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Alternative means of returning postal ballot paper or declaration of identity",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of rule 38(3)–\n(a) the manner in which a postal ballot paper or declaration of identity may be returned to a polling station in the same local government area is by hand;\n(b) the manner in which such a paper or declaration may be returned to the returning officer is by post or by hand.\n(2) The presiding officer of the polling station shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, any postal ballot paper or declaration of identity returned to that station to the returning officer in the same manner and at the same time as delivering or causing to be delivered, the packets referred to in rule 36(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/561/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:46.110887+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."
}