{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-4/paragraph-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-4/paragraph-28.json",
  "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/4/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Sealing of receptacles",
  "text": "(1) As soon as practicable after the completion of the procedure under paragraph 26(3) and (4), the CRO shall make up into separate packets the contents of—\n(a) the receptacle for rejected votes;\n(b) the receptacle for postal voting statements;\n(c) the receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes;\n(d) the lists of spoilt and lost postal ballot papers;\n(e) the receptacle for rejected votes (verification procedure); and\n(f) the receptacle for postal voting statements (verification procedure),\nand shall seal up such packets.\n(2) Any document in those packets marked “provisionally rejected” shall be deemed to be marked “rejected”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 28 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/4/paragraph/28",
    "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."
}