{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Rule 13 of the local election rules (the ballot papers)",
  "text": "(1) At the end of rule 13(2) of the local election rules there shall be inserted–\n“(e) shall be of a different colour from that of any ballot papers used at a Scottish parliamentary election the poll at which is taken together with the poll at the local government election.”.\n(2) At the end of rule 13 of the local election rules there shall be added–\n“(4) References to a Scottish parliamentary election in paragraph (2)(e) above and elsewhere in these rules refer to an election to the Scottish Parliament; and references to a Scottish parliamentary election (and to a poll at such an election) include a reference to Scottish parliamentary elections (and to polls at such elections) where the context so requires.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/787/schedule/5/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:32.335431+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}