The Absent Voting at Scottish Local Government Elections (Provision of Personal Identifiers) Regulations 2009

Determination by registration officer

14.—(1) The registration officer must, no later than the date specified in accordance with regulation 13(2)(d) in the notice sent to an existing absent voter, determine whether the voter has failed or refused to provide the required personal identifiers.

(2) The registration officer must not determine that an existing absent voter has failed or refused to provide the required personal identifiers due to a failure to provide a signature if the registration officer is satisfied that the absent voter is unable–

(a) to provide a signature because of any disability the absent voter has;

(b) to provide a signature because the absent voter is unable to read or write; or

(c) to sign in a consistent and distinctive way because of any such disability or inability,

and where the registration officer is so satisfied entries of the absent voter in the absent voting records shall not show the absent voter’s signature.