The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007

Delivery of documents

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57.  The returning officer shall then forward to the proper officer of the council for which the election was held the following documents:–

(a)the packets of ballot papers in the returning officer’s possession;

(b)the ballot paper accounts and the statements of rejected ballot papers and of the result of any verification of the ballot paper accounts;

(c)the tendered votes list, the lists of voters with disabilities assisted by companions, the lists of votes marked by the presiding officer, the lists maintained under rule 37, and the declarations made by the companions of voters with disabilities;

(d)the packets of the completed corresponding number lists;

(e)the packets of certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll;

(f)the packets containing marked copies of registers (including any marked copy notices issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act and of the postal voters list, of lists of proxies and of the proxy postal voters list; and

(g)the electronic copy of information made pursuant to rule 56(1),

endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the election to which they relate and the name of the electoral ward for which the election was held.