Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (asp 4)

Part 2 Disqualification

Scottish disqualification orders

9 Returning officers

(1) A person falls within this section if the person is—

(a) a returning officer, or

(b) a member of a returning officer’s staff.

(2) In this section—

• “a member of a returning officer’s staff” means a person who is employed by, or working under the direction of, a returning officer in a role the duties of which relate to the returning officer’s functions,

• “a returning officer” means an officer who is—

  (a)

  appointed under section 41(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (returning officers: local elections in Scotland),

  (b)

  a constituency returning officer by virtue of an order under section 12(1) of the Scotland Act 1998,

  (c)

  an officer designated in accordance with an order under section 12(6) of that Act (a regional returning officer).