Paragraph 71 Retention and public inspection of documents

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)

The sheriff clerk shall retain for a year all documents and records relating to an election forwarded to him in pursuance of these Rules by a constituency returning officer, and then, unless otherwise directed by order of the Court of Session, shall cause them to be destroyed.

(2)

The documents mentioned in paragraph (1) except–

(a)

ballot papers;

(b)

the completed corresponding number lists; and

(c)

certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll,

shall be open to public inspection.

(3)

Any electronic copy of information forwarded to the sheriff clerk under rule 69(1)(i) shall not be open to public inspection.

(4)

The sheriff clerk may, on request, supply copies of or extracts from the documents open to public inspection on payment of such fees and subject to such conditions as may be sanctioned by the Treasury.