Regulation 21 Closing date for applications

In paragraph 9 (closing dates for applications) of schedule 3^f1, after sub-paragraph (4D) insert—

“(4E)

Where an application is made under article 9(2) or 10(7) in the circumstances set out in sub-paragraph (4F), the application must be refused if it is received after 5 pm on the day of the poll at the election for which it is made.

(4F)

The circumstances are that—

(a)

the applicant submitted the application because an earlier application submitted by the applicant under article 8(2) or 10(6) is to be disregarded for the purposes of the particular Scottish parliamentary election for which it was made because that earlier application—

(i)

was submitted prior to the deadline of 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which the application is made,

(ii)

was submitted via the UK digital service, and

(iii)

was not received by the ERO until after the deadline of 5 pm on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made due to a technical defect in the UK digital service, or

(b)

the application referred to in sub-paragraph (4E) meets the conditions specified in sub-heads (i), (ii) and (iii) of head (a).”.