(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision in consequence of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (“the principal Act”). They amend the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 in relation to voters under the age of 18.
Paragraph (a) of regulation 2 reduces the age at which a person can attest an application for a proxy vote to age 16.
Paragraphs (b) and (c) of regulation 2 make provision, similar to section 13 of the principal Act, to protect information relating to any young person that is held on absent voter records or lists, except where it is requested in relation to a forthcoming local government election at which the young person will have attained the age of 16.