Amendment of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 201517.

In paragraph 5(6) of schedule 3 (absent voting) of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 M1

(a)

omit “or” at the end of head (a),

(b)

after head (a) insert—

“(aa)

the application states that the applicant is in receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of child disability payment (payable in accordance with regulation 13 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 M2), or short-term assistance (payable in accordance with Part 1 of the schedule (short-term assistance) of those Regulations) where the “earlier determination” referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of that schedule awarded the higher rate of the mobility component of child disability payment because of the disability specified in the application, or”.