# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999, Article 70: Access to polling place by sea


(1) Where the nature of a Scottish parliamentary constituency or region is such that any electors or proxies for electors resident there are unable at a Scottish parliamentary election to reach their polling place without crossing the sea or a branch or arm of the sea, nothing in this Order prevents the provision of means for conveying those electors or proxies by sea to their polling place.
(2) The amount of any payment for such means of conveyance as are mentioned in paragraph (1) above may be in addition to the maximum amount of expenses allowed by this Order.
(3) No restriction on the expenses to be incurred by a returning officer shall prevent a returning officer employing special steamers or boats for the purposes of a Scottish parliamentary election in any constituency in Scotland having a polling place or polling places so situated as not to be accessible except by sea, but the expenses so incurred shall be included in the returning officer’s account, and shall be subject to taxation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/787/article/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/article-70
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