The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007

Delivery of documents to the sheriff clerk

69.—(1) The constituency returning officer shall then forward to–

(a) the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district comprising the constituency; or

(b) if the constituency comprises the whole or part of more sheriff court districts than one, the sheriff clerk of such one of those sheriff court districts as the Secretary of State may by order appoint,

the following documents–

(c) the packets of ballot papers in his possession;

(d) the ballot paper accounts and the statements of rejected ballot papers and of the result of the verification of the ballot paper accounts;

(e) the tendered votes lists, the lists of voters with disabilities assisted by companions, the lists of votes marked by the presiding officer and the related statements, the lists maintained under rule 51, and the declarations made by the companions of voters with disabilities;

(f) the packets of the completed corresponding number lists;

(g) the packets of certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll;

(h) the packets containing marked copies of registers (including any marked copy notices issued under section 13B(3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act) and of lists of proxies; and

(i) where applicable, the electronic copy of information made pursuant to rule 68(1)(a).

(2) The constituency returning officer may forward the documents either by delivering them by himself or his agent to the sheriff clerk or by sending them by recorded delivery post.

(3) On forwarding the documents, the constituency returning officer must deliver or send to the sheriff clerk along with the documents a letter specifying the number and descriptions of the documents forwarded, and must endorse on each packet–

(a) a description of its contents;

(b) the date of the election to which they relate; and

(c) the name of the constituency in which the votes were given.

(4) Where the documents are delivered by the constituency returning officer himself or his agent, the sheriff clerk must, on receipt of the documents, provide the person delivering them with a signed receipt showing the date and time of receipt.