Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 (repealed)

4Register of young votersS

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(1)For the purposes of this Act, each registration officer must prepare and maintain, for the officer's area, a register to be known as the register of young voters.

(2)The register must contain—

(a)the names of the persons appearing to the registration officer to be entitled to be registered in the register, and

(b)in relation to each person registered in it, the person's—

(i)date of birth,

(ii)(except where otherwise provided by an applied enactment) qualifying address, and

(iii)voter number.

(3)Subsection (2) is subject to section 9B of the 1983 Act (anonymous registration).

(4)A person's qualifying address is the address in respect of which the person is entitled to be registered in the register.

(5)A person's voter number is such number (with or without any letters) as is for the time being allocated by the registration officer to the person for the purposes of the register.