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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-25",
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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": "schedule/2/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Method of election: candidates for return as regional members",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2)(b) below, if the statement of persons required by rule 20 above shows more candidates (whether on a registered party’s regional list or individual candidates) than the number of seats for that region a poll shall be taken in accordance with Part III of these Rules.\n(2) If that statement shows–\n(a) a number of candidates (whether on a registered party’s regional list or individual candidates) which is the same as, or less than, the number of seats for that region; or\n(b) all of the candidates shown on that statement are on the regional list of the same registered party,\nthe regional returning officer shall, following receipt of the notification under rule 61(3) below, allocate the seats in accordance with sections 7 and 8 of the 1998 Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2114",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2114",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2779/schedule/2/paragraph/25",
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  "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."
}