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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/425",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Computation of time",
  "text": "In computing any period of time for the purposes of the Table in rule 1(1)—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday;\n(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Monday;\n(c) a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971; or\n(d) a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,\nshall be disregarded, and any such day shall not be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings up to the completion of the poll nor shall a CRO be obliged to proceed with the counting of votes on such a day.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
    }
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  },
  "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."
}