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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/article-54",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/937",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007",
  "path": "article/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Duty of appropriate returning officer to forward returns and declarations to Electoral Commission",
  "text": "Where the appropriate returning officer receives any return or declaration under article 46, 47 or 48 in respect of an election to the Scottish Parliament, he shall as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the return or declaration deliver a copy of it to the Electoral Commission and, if so requested by the Commission, he shall also deliver to them a copy of any accompanying documents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/937/article/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:54.227287+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."
}