# The Scottish Parliament (Regional Returning Officers) (Scotland) (No.2) Order 1999, Article 2: Regional returning officers


For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person designated as the regional returning officer for a region specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be the person who, under section 41 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, is the returning officer at elections of councillors for the local authority for the local government area specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/829/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-regional-returning-officers-scotland-no2-order-1999/article-2
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