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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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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/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Checking of signatures",
  "text": "The ERO may be satisfied that an application under article 8, 9, 10 or 11 meets any requirements that it has been signed by the applicant and states the applicant’s date of birth by referring to any signature and date of birth—\n(a) previously provided by the applicant to the ERO or a returning officer; or\n(b) previously provided by the applicant to the council by which the ERO was appointed, if held by that council in records which the ERO is authorised to inspect for the purposes of the ERO’s registration duties; and",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 30.12.2010, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2999/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}