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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I (ss. 1–66) modified by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 2(6)
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(5)All expenditure properly incurred by a returning officer in relation to the holding of an election of a councillor to a local authority shall be paid by the council of that authority, but only (in cases where there is a scale fixed for the purposes of this section by that council) in so far as it does not exceed that scale.
(6)Before a poll is taken at an election for a councillor for a local government area in Scotland, the council for that area shall, at the request of the returning officer or of any person acting as returning officer, advance to him such reasonable sum in respect of his expenses at the election as he may require.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 42(1)-(4)(7) repealed (S.) (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(1)(a), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 42(5) modified (S.) by S.I. 1986/1111, regs. 2, 97(1)
C3S. 42(5)(6) modified (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 13(5), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 3(1)(c) (which S.I. was revoked (21.11.2002 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 2002/2779, arts. 1, 2 (which S.I. was revoked (15.3.2007) by S.I. 2007/937, art. 2(a)))
S. 42(5)(6) modified (21.11.2002 except for specified purposes) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2779), arts. 1, 14(5), Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(c)(2) (which S.I. was revoked (15.3.2007) by S.I. 2007/937, art. 2(a))
S. 42(5)(6) modified (15.3.2007 except for specified purposes) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/937), arts. 1, 14(5), Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(c)
C4S. 42(5)(6) modified (30.12.2010 except for specified purposes) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2999), art. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 3(1)(c)(2) (with art. 1(2)(3))
C5S. 42(5)(6) modified (S.) (16.12.2015) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/425), art. 1(1), sch. 5 para. 3(1)(b) (with art. 1(2))
C6S. 42(6) modified (S.) by S.I. 1986/1111, regs. 2, 97(1)(2)
C7S. 42(6) modified (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 13(5), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 3(2) (which S.I. was revoked (21.11.2002 except for specified purposes) by S.I. 2002/2779, arts. 1, 2 (which S.I. was revoked (15.3.2007) by S.I. 2007/937, art. 2(a)))
C8S. 42(6) modified (S.) (16.12.2015) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/425), art. 1(1), sch. 5 para. 3(2) (with art. 1(2))