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1(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—
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.”.
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