12. In paragraph (6) of regulation 8 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a particular or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or other disability) of the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 M1—
(a)omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (a), and
(b)after sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)the applicant is in receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of child disability payment (payable in accordance with regulation 13 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 M2), or short-term assistance (payable in accordance with Part 1 of the schedule (short-term assistance) of those Regulations) where the “earlier determination” referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of that schedule awarded the higher rate of the mobility component of child disability payment because of the disability specified in the application and makes a statement to that effect in the application, or”.