Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14)

Part 1 Local government elections

Performance of returning officers in relation to elections etc.

1 Setting of performance standards

(1) The Scottish Ministers may—

(a) determine standards of performance for returning officers, and

(b) publish, in such form and in such manner as they consider appropriate, the standards so determined.

(2) The standards of performance are to be such standards as the Scottish Ministers think ought to be achieved by returning officers in the administration of a local government election.

(3) When the Scottish Ministers publish standards under subsection (1) they must lay a copy of the published standards before the Scottish Parliament.