This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
(1)A person is entitled to vote in an independence referendum if, on the date on which the poll at the referendum is held, the person is—
(a)aged 16 or over,
(b)registered in either—
(i)the register of local government electors maintained under section 9(1)(b) of the 1983 Act for any area in Scotland, or
(ii)the register of young voters maintained under section 4 of this Act for any such area,
(c)not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart), and
(d)a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the European Union.
(2)For the purposes of this Act, a person is, on any date, subject to a legal incapacity to vote if the person—
(a)would be legally incapable (whether by virtue of any enactment or any rule of law) of voting at a local government election in Scotland held on that date, or
(b)is legally incapable, by virtue of section 3, of voting in an independence referendum held on that date.
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