The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007

Office of election agent

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35.—(1) Every election agent and every sub agent shall have an office to which all claims, notices, writs, summonses and documents may be sent, and the address of the office shall be–

(a)declared to the appropriate returning officer at the same time as the appointment of the agent or, as the case may be, sub agent, is declared to him; and

(b)stated in the public notice of the name of the agent or, as the case may be, sub agent.

(2) Any claim, notice, writ, summons or document delivered at the office of the election agent or sub agent and addressed to him, shall be deemed to have been served on him and every election agent or sub agent may, in respect of any matter connected with the election in which he is acting, be sued in any court having jurisdiction at the place where his office is situated.