{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2999",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/40",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Notification of requirement of secrecy",
  "text": "(1) The CRO shall make such arrangements as the CRO thinks fit to ensure that every person attending at a polling station and every person attending at the counting of the votes has been given a copy in writing of the provisions of article 31 (requirement of secrecy).\n(2) But these arrangements shall not apply to—\n(a) a person attending a polling station for the purpose of voting;\n(b) a person under 18 years of age accompanying a voter;\n(c) a person assisting a voter with disabilities to vote; or\n(d) a constable on duty at a polling station or at the count.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 40 in force at 30.12.2010, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2999/schedule/2/paragraph/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:23.922800+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."
}