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The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Regulations 2009

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Date of first elections in pilot areas

  5. 4.Health Board election rules

  6. 5.Identification of unelected candidate to fill vacancy

  7. 6.Application of Part 3 of the 1983 Act

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      HEALTH BOARD ELECTION RULES

      1. PART 1 TIMETABLE

        1. 1.Timetable

      2. PART 2 RETURNING OFFICERS

        1. 2.Returning officers

        2. 3.Payments to returning officers

      3. PART 3 ELECTION NOTICE

        1. 4.Notice of election

      4. PART 4 VOTERS

        1. 5.Voters – eligibility

        2. 6.Registration officers

        3. 7.Absent voters

        4. 8.Absent voters list

        5. 9.Duty to supply free copy of registers to returning officer

      5. PART 5 CANDIDATES

        1. 10.Candidates

        2. 11.List of restricted posts

        3. 12.Nomination papers

        4. 13.Nomination

        5. 14.Candidate statements

        6. 15.Withdrawal of nomination

        7. 16.Prohibition of nomination in more than one Health Board election

        8. 17.Validity of nomination

        9. 18.Correction of minor errors in nomination paper

        10. 19.Inspection of nomination papers

        11. 20.Counting agents

      6. PART 6 VOTING PACKS AND BALLOT PAPERS

        1. 21.Voting packs

        2. 22.Ballot papers

        3. 23.Marking of lists when voting packs sent

        4. 24.Notice of sending of voting packs

        5. 25.Voter without ballot paper

      7. PART 7 CASTING OF VOTES

        1. 26.Casting of votes

        2. 27.Ballot papers received late

        3. 28.Prohibition of disclosure of vote

        4. 29.Notification of requirement of secrecy

        5. 30.Spoilt ballot papers and covering envelopes

      8. PART 8 THE COUNT

        1. 31.Ballot boxes

        2. 32.The count

        3. 33.Electronic counting

        4. 34.Attendance at the count

        5. 35.Opening of ballot boxes and covering envelopes

        6. 36.Counting of ballot papers

        7. 37.Rejected ballot papers

        8. 38.First stage

        9. 39.The quota

        10. 40.Return of elected members

        11. 41.Transfer of ballot papers

        12. 42.Transfer of ballot papers – supplementary provisions

        13. 43.Exclusion of candidates

        14. 44.Exclusion of candidates – supplementary provisions

        15. 45.Filling of last vacancies

        16. 46.Recount

        17. 47.Decisions during the count

        18. 48.Counting of votes by means other than electronic counting

      9. PART 9 DECLARATION OF THE RESULT

        1. 49.Declaration of result of poll

        2. 50.Declaration of result where no poll held

      10. PART 10 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO A HEALTH BOARD ELECTION

        1. 51.Sealing up of ballot papers

        2. 52.Delivery of documents

        3. 53.Orders for production of documents

        4. 54.Retention of documents

      11. PART 11 ELECTION EXPENSES

        1. 55.Candidates’ election expenses

        2. 56.Election expenses statements

      12. PART 12 SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO INELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

        1. 57.Special rules where candidate becomes ineligible after end of nomination period

  9. Explanatory Note

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