# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


For the purposes of this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–
“agent” includes an election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;
“ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” mean the envelopes referred to in paragraph 10 below;
“issue” includes the original and any subsequent issue;
“list of postal proxies” means the list kept under article 12(7);
“postal ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 16(1)(b) below;
“postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter;
“postal voter” means a voter who is entitled to vote by post (and includes a postal proxy);
“postal voters' ballot box” means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 16(1)(a) below;
“receptacle for ballot paper envelopes” and “receptacle for declarations of identity” mean the receptacles referred to in paragraph 16(5) below;
“receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes” means the receptacle referred to in paragraph 15(4) below;
“receptacle for rejected votes” means the receptacle referred to in paragraph 16(5) below; and
“spoilt postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 13(1) below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2779/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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