Representation of the People Act 1983

Disposal of documents in Scotland U.K.

[F1 58 (1) In the application of rules 55 to 57 to elections in Scotland, the references to the relevant registration officer shall be taken to be references to the relevant sheriff clerk. U.K.

(2) For the purposes of rule 55 as it applies to elections in Scotland—

(a) the documents to be forwarded in accordance with that rule may be forwarded by being—

(i) delivered to the relevant sheriff clerk by the returning officer or his agent, or

(ii) sent to the relevant sheriff clerk by recorded delivery post,

(b) on forwarding the documents, the returning officer must deliver or send to the relevant sheriff clerk along with the documents a letter specifying the number and descriptions of the documents forwarded, and

(c) where the documents are forwarded by delivery under sub-paragraph (a)(i) above, the relevant sheriff clerk must, on receipt of the documents, provide the person delivering them with a signed receipt showing the date and time of receipt.

(3) In this rule, “relevant sheriff clerk” means—

(a) the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district in which the constituency is situated, or

(b) if the constituency comprises any part of the area of more than one sheriff court district, the sheriff clerk of such one of those districts as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 rule 58 substituted (1.1.2007 for E.W.S. and 14.5.2008 for N.I.) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 41(6), 77; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 14(t) (subject to transitional provisions in art. 6, Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2, 3