| Paragraph 28 (forwarding or |
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| | “(A1) | Where proceedings on the issue and receipt |
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| | of postal ballot papers are taken together by |
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| | virtue of paragraph 2, the counting officer |
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| | (a) | endorse on each packet referred to in |
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| | paragraphs 12, 13(7), 14(5), 19(8) and |
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| | 26, subject to paragraph 27, a |
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| | description of its contents, the date of |
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| | the election or referendum and the |
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| | area to which it relates; |
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| | (b) | complete a statement, in form W set |
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| | out in the Appendix, of the number |
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| | of postal ballot papers issued in |
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| | (c) | complete a statement, in the form set |
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| | out in Form 10 in Part 3 of Schedule 7 |
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| | to the Parliamentary Voting System |
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| | and Constituencies Act 2010, of the |
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| | number of postal ballot papers |
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| | issued in respect of the referendum; |
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| | (d) | retain the packets and the |
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| | (A2) | Where proceedings on the issue and receipt |
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| | of postal ballot papers are not taken together |
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| | by virtue of paragraph 2— |
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| | (a) | sub-paragraph (A3) applies in |
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| | relation to documents that relate to |
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| | (b) | sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation |
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| | to documents that relate to the |
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| | Scottish parliamentary election. |
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| | (A3) | The counting officer shall— |
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| | (a) | endorse on each packet referred to in |
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| | paragraphs 12, 13(7), 14(5), 19(8) and |
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| | 26 a description of its contents, the |
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| | date of the referendum and the |
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| | voting area to which it relates; |
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| | (b) | complete a statement, in the form set |
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| | out in Form 10 in Part 3 of Schedule 7 |
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| | to the Parliamentary Voting System |
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| | and Constituencies Act 2010, of the |
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| | number of postal ballot papers |
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| | (c) | retain the packets and the |
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