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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002/article-47",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2779",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Where no return and declaration is needed",
  "text": "Notwithstanding anything in article 44 above, no return or declaration as to election expenses shall be required in the case of a person–\n(a) who is a candidate, but is so only because he has been declared by others to be a candidate; and\n(b) who has not consented to the declaration or taken any part as a candidate at the election.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2779/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:40:32.730428+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."
}