“the 2015 Order” means the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015,

“account” means the account submitted to the Scottish Ministers under article 18(5) of the 2015 Order for the purpose of payment of a returning officer's charges,

“constituency” means a constituency provided for by schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 M1,

“constituency returning officer” means the officer who, in accordance with article 14 of the 2015 Order, is the constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election in a constituency,

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M2,

“regional returning officer” means a regional returning officer for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 M3, and

“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament.