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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/schedule-7/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/schedule-7/paragraph-3.json",
  "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/7/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Inspection etc. of lists",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in the event of a publication of a notice of election any person stating to be, or to be authorised by—\n(a) a candidate or the candidate’s election agent; or\n(b) a registered party’s nominating officer or the election agent of that registered party in relation to a regional list submitted by that party,\nshall be entitled at all reasonable hours to inspect the lists kept in accordance with paragraph 2(1) or a copy of them.\n(2) The rights conferred by sub-paragraph (1) on an individual candidate for return as a regional member or a registered party’s nominating officer (or the election agent of such a candidate or party) shall not apply in relation to an election to fill a vacancy in the seat of a constituency member.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/425/schedule/7/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}