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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-order-2026/article-12",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2026/9780111065204",
  "legislation_title": "The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-order-2026",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Requirement to provide fresh signatures at five yearly intervals",
  "text": "In paragraph 14 (requirement to provide fresh signatures at five yearly intervals) of schedule 3, before sub-paragraph (1), insert—\n“(A1) This paragraph does not apply to an elector or proxy so far as that elector or proxy remains entitled to vote by post at a Scottish parliamentary election or at local government and Scottish parliamentary elections.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065204/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:59.798204+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."
}