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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
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  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Forwarding of documents",
  "text": "(1) The constituency returning officer shall forward to the sheriff clerk at the same time as he forwards the documents mentioned in rule 67 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules–\n(a) any packets referred to in paragraphs 12, 13, 17 or 18 above, subject to the provisions of paragraph 19 above, endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the election to which it relates and the name of the constituency in which the election is held; or\n(b) a completed statement in the form AC set out in the Appendix of the number of postal ballot papers issued.\n(2) Where any covering envelopes are received by the constituency returning officer after the close of the poll or any envelopes addressed to postal voters are returned as undelivered too late to be re-addressed, or any spoilt postal ballot papers are returned too late to enable other postal ballot papers to be issued, he shall put them unopened into a separate packet, seal up such packet and endorse and forward it at a subsequent date in the manner described in sub-paragraph (1) above.\n(3) Any packet or statement forwarded under this regulation shall be deemed to have been forwarded in pursuance of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules.\n(4) A copy of the statement referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall be provided by the constituency returning officer to the Secretary of State.",
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