# The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2026, Article 11: Notification that postal vote entitlement is to end


After paragraph 13 (inquiries by registration officer about postal and proxy voters) of schedule 3, insert—
“Requirement to notify certain electors and proxies that postal vote entitlement is to end
13A (1) This paragraph applies in respect of an elector or proxy who remains entitled to vote by post at a Scottish parliamentary election or at local government and Scottish parliamentary elections by virtue of an entitlement which was granted for the maximum period (“the relevant person”).
(2) Before the end of the maximum period, the ERO must send to the relevant person—
(a) a notice informing the relevant person of the date on which the relevant person’s entitlement to vote by post is to end, and
(b) information about how to make a fresh application to vote by post (as elector or, as the case may be, as proxy).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065204/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-order-2026/article-11
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