{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-27.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/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Rule 22 of the local election rules (equipment of polling stations)",
  "text": "(1) After paragraph (1) of rule 22 (equipment of polling stations) of the local election rules there shall be inserted the following paragraph–\n“(1A) A different ballot box shall be used for the poll at the local government election from the ballot box or ballot boxes used for the Scottish parliamentary election.”.\n(2) For rule 22(5) of the local election rules there shall be substituted–\n“(5) In every compartment of every polling station there shall be exhibited the notice– “Vote once only on each ballot paper. Put no other mark on each ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.”.”.",
  "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/27",
    "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."
}