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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-38",
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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/5/paragraph/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Rule 65 of local elections rules (countermand or abandonment of poll on death of party candidate)",
  "text": "After rule 65(2) of the local elections rules there shall be added—\n“(2A) Neither the countermand of the poll at the local government election nor a direction that that poll be abandoned shall affect the poll at the Scottish parliamentary election.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 38 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/425/schedule/5/paragraph/38",
    "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."
}