SCHEDULEModifications of enactments in consequence of Part 3

The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

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(1)

The `Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/170) are amended as follows.

(2)

After regulation 9, insert—

“Additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a particular or indefinite period based on detention in a penal institution

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An application to vote by proxy for a particular or indefinite period under paragraph 3(3)(e) (absent vote at elections for definite or indefinite period - offenders sentenced to term not exceeding 12 months) of Schedule 4 must state—

(a)

that the applicant is eligible to vote by proxy at local government elections on grounds relating to the applicant's detention in a penal institution, and

(b)

the name of the penal institution at which the applicant is detained.”.

(3)

In regulation 10 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote in respect of a particular election), after paragraph (5D) insert—

“(5E)

Paragraph (5F) applies where an application under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4—

(a)

is made on grounds relating to the applicant's detention in a penal institution, and

(b)

is made after 5pm on the sixth day before the date of a poll at the election for which it is made.

(5F)

The application must, in addition to providing the information required by paragraph (1), state—

(a)

that the applicant is detained in a penal institution, and

(b)

the name of the penal institution at which the applicant is detained.”.