.”, (b) after subsection (3) insert— “(3A) An application under subsection (1A) must be made in the manner specified 10 in the code of practice issued under section 6G.”, 1 (c) in subsection (4), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”, (d) in subsection (5)(a), after “(1)” insert “or (1A)”. (4) In section 6E(4) (attendance and conduct of observers)— (a) after paragraph (c) insert— 15 “(ca) in the case of proceedings at a recall process under the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Act 2025, the returning officer;”, (b) in paragraph (d), for “or (c)” substitute “, (c) or (ca)”. (5) In section 6G (code of practice on attendance of observers at Scottish Parliamentary 20 elections and local government elections in Scotland)— (a) in the title, after “elections” in the second place it occurs insert “and recall processes”, (b) in subsection (1), for “and local government elections in Scotland” substitute “, local government elections in Scotland and recall processes under the Scottish 25 Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Act 2025”, (c) in subsection (2)(a), after “6C(1)” insert “, 6C(1A)”.