# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002, Article 66: Officials not to act for candidates


(1) If–
(a) any constituency returning officer or regional returning officer;
(b) any officer, clerk or member of staff of any such officer, appointed under the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules; or
(c) any partner or clerk of any such person,
acts as an agent for a candidate or a registered party in the conduct or management of the election, he shall be guilty of an offence, but nothing in this article prevents a candidate from acting as his own election agent or a candidate on a registered party’s regional list from acting as election agent for that registered party in relation to that list.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2779/article/66 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002/article-66
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