- Draft legislation
This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Cairngorms National Park Elections (Scotland) Order 2003 No. 2
37.—(1) The returning officer shall provide one or more ballot boxes for the receipt of ballot papers.
(2) Every ballot box referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be marked “ballot papers” and with the electoral ward for which the election is held.
(3) Covering envelopes received by the returning officer until the close of the poll shall be placed in the ballot box or boxes.
(4) The returning officer shall make provision for the safe custody of every such ballot box.
(5) Every such ballot box shall be opened at the counting of the votes under article 40 of this Order.
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