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Page  213,  line  19  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 

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Page  213,  line  31  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 


 

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Page  214,  line  34  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 


 

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Page  215,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 


 

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Page  216,  line  1  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘second sentence of’ and insert

 

‘requirement for separate ballot boxes in’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  216,  line  33  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘and (12)’.

 

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Page  216,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(13)’ and insert ‘(12)’.

 


 

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Page  218,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘46(7)’ and insert ‘46(6)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  218,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘46(7)’ and insert ‘46(6)’.


 
 

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Page  218,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 


 

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Page  219,  line  11  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘47(5)’ and insert ‘47(4)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  219,  line  21  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘48(7)(a)’ and insert ‘48(6)(a)’.

 

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Page  219,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘48(9)’ and insert ‘48(8)’.

 


 

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Page  220,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘49(8)’ and insert ‘49(7)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  220,  line  7  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘49(12)’ and insert ‘49(10)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  220,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  220,  line  29  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘53(1)’ to first ‘reference’ in line 30

 

and insert ‘and (2) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules, a’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  220,  line  31  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘referendum’ to ‘does’ in line 32 and

 

insert—

 

    ‘( )  

Rule 53(2)(g) of those rules’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  220,  line  37  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘53(1)(a)’ and insert ‘53(2)(a)’.


 
 

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Page  220,  line  38  [Schedule  7],  leave out paragraph 40 and insert—

 

‘40      

Rule 53(2) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules has effect as if

 

“counting officer” were substituted for “CRO” in each place.’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  221,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘53(3)’ and insert ‘53(4)’.

 


 

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Page  222,  line  27  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 

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Page  222,  line  33  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 


 

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Page  223,  line  8  [Schedule  7],  leave out sub-paragraph (5) and insert—

 

    ‘(5)  

The counting officer must, on request, provide an election agent for the

 

Scottish parliamentary election with a copy of the statement relating to that

 

election.’.

 


 

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Page  224,  line  12  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 


 

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Page  225,  line  16  [Schedule  7],  leave out from ‘the’ to ‘and’ in line 17 and insert

 

‘polling register (within the meaning given in Article 2(1) of the 2010 Order),’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  225,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘69(1)(e), (f) and (h)’ and insert ‘69(1)(c),


 
 

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(d) and (f)’.

 

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Page  225,  line  27  [Schedule  7],  leave out from first ‘the’ to end of line 28 and insert

 

‘CRO were to the counting officer’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  225,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘72’ and insert ‘72(4), 75(2) or 77(1)’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  226,  line  3  [Schedule  7],  leave out sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

Rule 78 of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules has effect as if it were

 

amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (3A).

 

      (3)  

In paragraph (2), after “ CRO” insert “or counting officer”.

 

    (3A)  

For paragraph (3) substitute—

 

“(3)    

After the close of any polls that are being taken together with the poll

 

that has been abandoned, the counting officer must—

 

(a)    

separate the ballot papers for the abandoned poll, and

 

(b)    

deliver or cause to be delivered to the CRO the ballot papers

 

and other documents relating to the abandoned poll.

 

(3A)    

Paragraphs (4) to (9) apply in relation to the poll that has been

 

abandoned.”’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  226,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘72(8)’ and insert ‘78(10)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  226,  line  32  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.)

 

Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/937)’ and insert ‘2010 Order’.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  227,  line  1  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘20A(4) or 20B(3)(a)’ and insert ‘20(4)(b),

 

21(4)(b) or 22(3)(b)’.

 

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Page  227,  line  2  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.


 
 

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Page  227,  line  4  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘28’ and insert ‘30’.

 

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Page  227,  line  5  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘2007’ and insert ‘2010’.

 

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Page  227,  line  9,  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(9)’ and insert ‘(10)’.

 

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Page  227,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 22 to 25.

 


 

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Page  228,  line  8  [Schedule  7],  at end insert—

 

‘“proxy postal voters list” includes the list kept under paragraph 8(6) of

 

Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act

 

2010;”;’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  228,  line  27  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

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Page  228,  line  35  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

 

‘CRO’.

 

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Page  228,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  before ‘In’ insert—

  

‘In sub-paragraph (1)—

 
  

(a)    

for “CRO” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer”;

 
  

(b)    

for “CRO’s” substitute “relevant returning or

 
  

counting officer’s”.’.

 
 

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Page  228,  line  40  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for


 
 

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“constituency returning officer”’ and insert ‘sub-paragraph (2), for “CRO”’.

 


 

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Page  229,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 24 and 25 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

the CRO and members of the CRO’s staff;’.

 


 

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Page  230,  line  13  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

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Page  230,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(8)’ and insert ‘(9)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  230,  line  18  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

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Page  230,  line  21  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(5)’ and insert ‘(6)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  230,  line  22  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(8)’ and insert ‘(9)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  230,  line  23  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“(8A)’ and insert ‘“(9A)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  230,  line  24  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(6) or (9)’ and insert ‘(7) or (10)’.

 

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Page  230,  line  28  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘(10)’ and insert ‘(11)’.

 



 
 

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Page  231,  line  14  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘32(5)’ and insert ‘31(5)’.

 

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Page  231,  line  21  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

 

‘CRO’.

 

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Page  231,  line  29  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘32(5)’ and insert ‘31(5)’.

 


 

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Page  232,  line  15  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘7(7)’ and insert ‘9(7)’.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  232,  line  17  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘constituency returning officer’ and insert

 

‘CRO’.

 

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Page  232  [Schedule  7],  column 2, leave out lines 19 and 20.

 


 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  233,  [Schedule  7],  leave out lines 4 to 10.

 

The Deputy Prime Minister

 

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Page  233,  line  36  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 

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Page  233,  line  42  [Schedule  7],  leave out ‘“constituency returning officer”’ and

 

insert ‘“CRO”’.

 



 
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