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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-57",
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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/57",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Re-count: regional votes in a constituency",
  "text": "(1) If a person specified in paragraph (3) is present when the counting or any re‑count of the votes given in the regional ballot papers is completed in a constituency, that person may, prior to the publication of the statement required by rule 61, require the CRO to have the votes re‑counted or again re-counted.\n(2) The CRO may refuse to do so if in the CRO’s opinion the request is unreasonable.\n(3) The persons are—\n(a) an individual candidate for return as a regional member;\n(b) an election agent for such a candidate or for a registered party standing nominated;\n(c) any person authorised in writing by such an agent.\n(4) No step shall be taken on the completion of the counting or any re-count of votes until the individual candidates and election agents present at its completion have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this rule.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 57 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/425/schedule/2/paragraph/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:30.085872+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."
}