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The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999
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Constituency returning officers
14.—(1) The constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election in a constituency other than the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands shall be the person who under section 25 of the 1983 Act (returning officers: Scotland) is, the returning officer for parliamentary elections in that parliamentary constituency.
(2) The constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election in the Orkney Islands shall be the person who, under section 41 of the 1983 Act (local government elections in Scotland) is, or may discharge the functions of, the returning officer at elections of councillors for the Orkney Islands Council.
(3) The constituency returning officer for a Scottish parliamentary election in the Shetland Islands shall be the person who, under section 41 of the 1983 Act (local government elections in Scotland) is, or may discharge the functions of, the returning officer at elections of councillors for the Shetland Islands Council.
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