{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Right to Buy (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-right-to-buy-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Proxy Votes",
  "text": "(1) A person eligible to vote in the ballot may make a request, in writing, to the ballotter to be permitted a proxy vote.\n(2) A request under paragraph (1) must—\n(a) state the name and address of the person eligible to vote;\n(b) state the name and address of the person whom the person eligible to vote wishes to appoint as a proxy;\n(c) be signed by the person eligible to vote;\n(d) contain a statement confirming that the person who is eligible to vote has consulted the proxy and that the proxy is capable and willing of acting as proxy; and\n(e) be received by the ballotter not later than 1700 hours on the day before the date on which the ballot paper must be returned.\n(3) The ballotter must permit a proxy vote to a person who makes a valid request in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 15.4.2016, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/400/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:49.221010+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}