The Absent Voting (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Determination by registration officer

4.—(1) The registration officer must, no later than the date specified in the notice sent to the absent voter in accordance with regulation 3(2)(d), determine whether the absent voter has failed or refused to provide the required personal identifiers.

(2) The registration officer shall not determine that an 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.