16. Any person may inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, nomination papers during ordinary office hours on any day other than–
(a)a Saturday or Sunday;
(b)Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Monday;
(c)a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1); or
(d)a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,
after the latest time for delivery of nomination papers and before the date of the poll.