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Article 57 Inspection of returns and declarations: registered political parties

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(1)

Any return or declaration (including the accompanying documents) delivered to the Secretary of State under articles 40, 47 or 49 above–

(a)

shall be kept at some convenient place in Scotland appointed by him; and

(b)

shall at all reasonable times during the 2 years next after they are received by him be open to inspection by any person on payment of the fee set out in paragraph (2) below,

and the Secretary of State shall on demand and on payment of the fees set out in paragraph (3) below provide copies of them or any part of them.

(2)

The fee for inspecting a return or declaration (including any accompanying documents) specified in paragraph (1) above (which relate to the return and declarations of election expenses) shall be £1.50.

(3)

The fee payable for a copy of any such return, declaration or document, shall be at the rate of 15p for each side of each page.

(4)

After the expiry of those 2 years the Secretary of State–

(a)

may cause those returns and declarations (including the accompanying documents) to be destroyed; or

(b)

if a party’s nominating officer so requires, shall return them to him or such other person as the party’s nominating officer may require.

(5)

Any returns or declarations delivered under article 40 above shall be returned not to a party’s nominating officer (if he so requires) but to the person delivering them, if he so requires.