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What it defines

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

98 other provisions — procedural and definitional

sch. 3 para. 5 Additional requirements for applications on grounds of disability

s.art001 Citation, commencement, transitional and saving provisions

s.art002 Interpretation

s.art003 Registers of electors

s.art004 Registration appeals

s.art005 Polling districts and places at elections

s.art006 Rules for Scottish parliamentary elections

s.art007 Manner of voting at Scottish parliamentary elections

s.art008 Absent vote at Scottish parliamentary elections for an indefinite or a particular period

s.art009 Absent vote at a particular Scottish parliamentary election and special lists

s.art010 Proxies at Scottish parliamentary elections

s.art011 Voting as proxy

s.art012 Absent voting at elections: miscellaneous

s.art013 Combination of polls

s.art014 Constituency returning officers

s.art015 Officers of councils to be placed at disposal of returning officers

s.art016 Returning officers: discharge of functions

s.art017 Returning officers: general

s.art018 Payment by and to returning officers

s.art019 Taxation of returning officer’s account

s.art020 Loan of equipment for Scottish parliamentary elections

s.art021 Effect of registers

s.art022 Effect of misdescription

s.art023 Discharge of registration duties

s.art024 Payment of expenses of registration

s.art025 Personation

s.art026 Other voting offences

s.art027 Offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes

s.art028 Breach of official duty

s.art029 Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers

s.art030 False statements in nomination papers etc.

s.art031 Requirement of secrecy

s.art032 Appointment of election agent

s.art033 Appointment of sub-agent

s.art034 Office of election agent

s.art035 Effect of default in election agent’s appointment

s.art036 Control of donations to candidates

s.art037 Expenses of constituency candidate

s.art038 Payment of expenses through election agent: constituency and individual regional candidates

s.art039 Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agent

s.art040 Expenses incurred otherwise than for election purposes

s.art041 Prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent: constituency and individual regional candidates

s.art042 Limitation of election expenses: constituency and individual regional candidates

s.art043 Limitation of pre-candidacy election expenses: constituency and individual regional candidates at Scottish Parliament general elections

s.art044 Time for sending in and paying claims

s.art045 Disputed claims

s.art046 Election agent’s claim

s.art047 Return as to election expenses: constituency and individual regional candidates

s.art048 Declarations as to election expenses: constituency and individual regional candidates

s.art049 Declarations as to election expenses: candidates on a registered party’s regional list

s.art050 Where no return and declaration is needed

s.art051 Penalty for failure as respects return of declarations

s.art052 Penalty for sitting or voting where no return and declaration is transmitted

s.art053 Authorised excuses for failure as to return and declarations

s.art054 Court’s power to require information from election agent or sub-agent

s.art055 Duty of appropriate returning officer to forward returns and declarations to Electoral Commission

s.art056 Publication of time and place of inspection of returns and declarations

s.art057 Inspection of returns and declarations: candidates

s.art058 Meaning of “election expenses”

s.art059 Election expenses — list of matters and general exclusions

s.art060 Property, goods, services etc provided free of charge or at a discount

s.art061 Right to send election address post free

s.art062 Remuneration for free postal services provided

s.art063 Broadcasting from outside United Kingdom

s.art064 Broadcasting of local items during election period

s.art065 Imitation poll cards and notifications

s.art066 Schools and rooms for Scottish parliamentary election meetings: candidates for return as constituency members

s.art067 Schools and rooms for Scottish parliamentary election meetings: candidates for return as regional members

s.art068 Disturbances at Scottish parliamentary election meetings

s.art069 Officials not to act for candidates

s.art070 Illegal canvassing by police officers

s.art071 False statements as to candidates

s.art072 Corrupt withdrawal from candidature

s.art073 Payments for exhibition of election notices

s.art074 Details to appear on election publications

s.art075 Prohibition of paid canvassers

s.art076 Providing money for illegal purposes

s.art077 Bribery

s.art078 Treating

s.art079 Undue influence

s.art080 Rights of creditors

s.art081 Savings as to Scottish parliamentary elections

s.art082 Interpretation of Part 3

s.art083 Computation of time for purposes of Part 3

s.art084 Application of certain provisions for Scottish parliamentary elections

s.art085 Vacancies: constituency seats

s.art086 Vacancies: regional member seats

s.art087 Modification of section 10 of the 1998 Act

s.art088 Dissolution of Parliament: minimum period

s.art089 Advertisements

s.art090 Forms and documents: variations and translations

s.art091 Sending of applications, notices etc.

s.art092 Interference with notices etc.

s.art093 Premises used for election purposes

s.art094 Correction of procedural errors

s.art095 Effect of demise of the Crown

s.art096 Consequential amendment

s.art097 Revocations

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The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010

What it defines