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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-rules-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-45",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Rules 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/45",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Delivery of documents",
  "text": "The returning officer shall then forward to the proper officer of the council for which the election was held the following documents:–\n(a) the packets of ballot papers in the returning officer’s possession;\n(b) the ballot paper accounts and the statements of rejected ballot papers and of the result of any verification of the ballot paper accounts;\n(c) the tendered votes list, the lists of voters with disabilities assisted by companions, the lists of votes marked by the presiding officer and the related statements, and the declarations made by the companions of voters with disabilities;\n(d) the packets of counterfoils and certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll; and\n(e) the packets containing marked copies of registers and of lists of proxies,\nendorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the election to which they relate and the name of the electoral ward for which the election was held.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "ssi/2005/572",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
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      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2779",
      "affecting_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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