SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1AHealth Board elections
Franchise
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1
An individual is entitled to vote at a Health Board election if the individual—
a
is aged 16 or over, and
b
meets any further criteria specified in election regulations.
2
Such further criteria may, in particular, provide that an individual is entitled to vote at a Health Board election only if the individual—
a
is registered in the register of local government electors in respect of an address in the Health Board area, and
b
would be entitled to vote at a local government election in an electoral area falling wholly or partly in the Health Board area (or would be so entitled if aged 18 or over).
3
Election regulations may determine, or set out the criteria for determining, the electoral ward in which an individual is entitled to vote.
4
Election regulations may not entitle an individual to vote—
a
more than once in the same Health Board area, nor
b
in more than one Health Board area.
Sch. 1A inserted (temp. from 24.6.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 5), ss. 2(3), 4, 6(2)(3), 7, 11(1); S.S.I. 2009/242, art. 2