1Setting of performance standardsS
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(1)The Scottish Ministers may—
(a)determine standards of performance for returning officers, and
(b)publish, in such form and in such manner as they consider appropriate, the standards so determined.
(2)The standards of performance are to be such standards as the Scottish Ministers think ought to be achieved by returning officers in the administration of a local government election.
(3)When the Scottish Ministers publish standards under subsection (1) they must lay a copy of the published standards before the Scottish Parliament.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 wholly in force at 17.2.2007, see s. 63(2) and S.S.I. 2007/26, art. 3(1)(a) (with transitional provisions in art. 3(2))