In relation to the Shetland Islands by-election, nothing in article 7(1) to (5) of the 2015 Order (manner of voting) applies to a convicted person to whom article 4(1) applies.

Such a person may only vote as an elector at the Shetland Islands by-election by post (where the person is entitled as an elector to vote by post at the election).

A person is not capable of voting as proxy at the Shetland Islands by-election if, on the date of the election, the person is a convicted person to whom article 4(1) applies.