Paragraph 32 Use of schools and public rooms

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 rule 10(3) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 1(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 8(2)
Sch. 2 rule 1(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 8(3)
Sch. 2 rule 5(5)(a) words added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(2)
Sch. 2 rule 5(5)(b) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(3)
Sch. 2 rule 5(5A) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(4)
Sch. 2 rule 7(2) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(5)
Sch. 2 rule 7(2) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(6)
Sch. 2 rule 7(2A)(2B) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(7)
Sch. 2 rule 20(2) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(8)
Sch. 2 rule 20(5) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(9)
Sch. 2 rule 28(3)(a) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(2)
Sch. 2 rule 28(3)(a) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(2)
Sch. 2 rule 28(4) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(3)
Sch. 2 rule 28(5) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(4)
Sch. 2 rule 28(7)(8) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(5)
Sch. 2 rule 30(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(6)
Sch. 2 rule 38(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(7)
Sch. 2 rule 38(13) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(8)
Sch. 2 rule 38(15) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(9)
Sch. 2 rule 46(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(10)
Sch. 2 rule 46(7) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(11)
Sch. 2 rule 47(5) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(12)
Sch. 2 rule 48(9) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(13)
Sch. 2 rule 53(3) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(14)
Sch. 2 rule 55(1)(a) substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(15)
Sch. 2 rule 55(1)(c) substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(16)
Sch. 2 rule 55(4) substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(17)
Sch. 2 rule 58(2) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(18)
Sch. 2 rule 58(3) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(19)
Sch. 2 rule 58(6) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(20)
Sch. 2 rule 68(1)(a) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 rule 68(1)(b) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 rule 68(3) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(3)
Sch. 2 rule 69(1)(g) word added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(4)
Sch. 2 rule 69(1)(h) word omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(5)
Sch. 2 rule 69(1)(i) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(6)
Sch. 2 rule 70(1)(a) word inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(7)
Sch. 2 rule 70(1)(b) word omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(8)
Sch. 2 rule 70(1)(c) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(9)
Sch. 2 rule 70(2)(b) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(10)
Sch. 2 rule 70(6) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(11)
Sch. 2 rule 70(6)(a) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(11)
Sch. 2 rule 70(7A) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(12)
Sch. 2 rule 70(7B) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(13)
Sch. 2 rule 70(8) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(14)
Sch. 2 rule 71(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(15)
Sch. 2 rule 71(3) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(16)
Sch. 2 rule 70(7A)(7B) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2007 art. 2
Sch. 2 rule 55(2) words inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 8(1)
Sch. 2 rule 55(2A) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 8(2)
Sch. 2 rule 19(5) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 20(6) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 37(5) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 47(2) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 49(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 73(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 17(8) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(3)

(1)

At a Scottish parliamentary election the constituency returning officer may use, free of charge, for the purpose of taking the poll or counting the votes–

(a)

a room in a school to which this rule applies;

(b)

a room the expense of maintaining which is payable out of any rate.

(2)

This rule applies to a school other than an independent school within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f1.

(3)

The constituency returning officer shall make good any damage done to, and defray any expense incurred by, the persons having control over any such room as mentioned above by reason of its being used for the purpose of taking the poll or, as the case may be, counting the votes.

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Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 44.