# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999, Paragraph 17: Rule 52 (attendance at counting of votes)


(1) For paragraph (1) of rule 52 there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:–
“(1) Where the constituency returning officer at the Scottish parliamentary election discharges the functions specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5, he shall make arrangements for discharging the functions under rule 53 below (as substituted by paragraph 18 of Schedule 5) in the presence of the counting agents appointed for the purposes of the Scottish parliamentary election as soon as practicable after the close of the poll and for thereafter counting the votes at the Scottish parliamentary election in the presence of those agents; and he shall give to those counting agents notice in writing of the time and place at which he will begin to discharge the functions under rule 53 below (as so substituted).
(1A) Where the constituency returning officer at the Scottish parliamentary election does not discharge the functions specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5, he shall make arrangements for counting the votes in the presence of the counting agents as soon as practicable after the delivery of the ballot papers to him by the returning officer who does discharge those functions, and who will give the counting agents notice in writing of the time after which he will begin to count the votes if by then he has received the ballot papers and of the place at which that count will take place.”.
(2) In rule 52(2), before “at the counting of the votes” there shall be inserted the words “at the proceedings described in rule 53(1) below (as so substituted) or”.
(3) In rule 52(3) before the words “the counting of the votes” there shall be inserted the words “proceedings described in rule 53(1) below (as so substituted) or ” and before the words “the efficient” there shall be inserted the words “the efficient separating of the ballot papers or, as the case may be,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/787/schedule/5/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-17
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