The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Amendments to the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

10.  In regulation 32ZBD (annual canvass for properties where it may be necessary to make any addition to, or deletion from, an electoral register and steps to be taken where no response is received)—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit “of parliamentary electors”,

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) where the registration officer holds a telephone number for one or more persons aged 16 or over who are registered in the register of local government electors at the address, and whom the registration officer believes are resident at that address, by means of a telephone call to each of those persons;”,

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”,

(iii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) where the registration officer holds relevant contact details for one or more persons aged 16 or over who are registered in the register of local government electors at the address, and whom the registration officer believes are resident at the address, by sending a communication by electronic means to each of those persons; or”,

(c) in paragraph (8), after “(4)(b)” insert “or (ba)”,

(d) in paragraph (9)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “of parliamentary electors”,

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “and”,

(iii) after sub-paragraph (a)(ii) insert—

“(iii) the full name, date of birth and nationality of each person whose application to be registered at the address in a register of local government electors, under section 10ZC(1) or 10ZD(1) of the 1983 Act has been successfully determined, where the date on which the applicant’s name will be published in a notice of alteration under section 13A(2) of the 1983 Act is after the date on which the form will be sent, with the exception of persons registered as mentioned in section 9D(6) of the 1983 Act; and”,

(e) after paragraph (9) insert—

“(9A) In relation to the registration of local government electors, the registration officer must not, under paragraph (9), print on the form the date of birth of any person aged under 16.”.