{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2026/9780111065211",
  "legislation_title": "The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983,\n“the 2000 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 2000,\n“the 2001 Regulations” mean the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001,\n“the 2006 Act” means the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006,\n“the 2007 Regulations” mean the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007,\n“the 2015 Order means” the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015,\n“devolved absent vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by proxy or to vote by post, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day, at—\n(a) a Scottish parliamentary election, Scottish parliamentary elections, or local government and Scottish parliamentary elections, on an application under article 8, 9 or 10 of the 2015 Order (absent votes), or\n(b) a local government election, or a local government elections, in Scotland, on an application under paragraphs 3, 4 or 6 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“devolved absent voting application” means an application (including a partially completed application) made under—\n(a) article 8, 9 or 10 of the 2015 Order, or\n(b) paragraph 3, 4 or 6 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act in relation to local government elections in Scotland,\n“devolved postal vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by post, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day, at—\n(a) a Scottish parliamentary election, Scottish parliamentary elections, or local government and Scottish parliamentary elections, where the entitlement was granted on an application under article 8(1) or 9(1) of the 2015 Order, or\n(b) a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland, where the entitlement was granted on an application under paragraph 3(1), 3(7) or 4(1) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“devolved proxy appointment” means the appointment of a person as a proxy to vote for another person, where the appointment was made before the relevant day, at—\n(a) a Scottish parliamentary election, or Scottish parliamentary elections, where the appointment was granted on an application under article 10(6) or (7) of the 2015 Order, or\n(b) a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland, where the appointment was granted on an application under paragraph 6(7) or (8) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“devolved proxy vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by proxy, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day, at—\n(a) a Scottish parliamentary election, Scottish parliamentary elections, or at local government and Scottish parliamentary elections on an application under article 8(2) or 9(2) of the 2015 Order, or\n(b) a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland, on an application under paragraph 3(2), 3(6), 4(2), 4(2A) or 4(3) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act.\n“parliamentary election” has the same meaning as in schedule 1 (words and expressions defined) of the Interpretation Act 1978,\n“qualifying address” means the address at which the elector is registered in the register of local government electors, maintained under section 9(1)(b) of the 1983 Act,\n“registration officer” has the meaning given by section 8(1) of the 1983 Act,\n“regulation 15A notice” means a notice under regulation 15A (requirement to provide fresh signatures) of the 2007 Regulations,\n“regulation 60A notice” means a notice under regulation 60A (requirement to provide fresh signatures) of the 2001 Regulations,\n“relevant day” means 3 November 2026,\n“reserved absent vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by proxy or to vote by post at a parliamentary elections, or parliamentary elections, in Scotland, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day on an application under paragraph 3, 4 or 6 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“reserved postal vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by post at a parliamentary election, or parliamentary elections, in Scotland, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day on an application under paragraphs 3(1), 3(7) or 4(1) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“reserved proxy appointment” means the appointment of a person as a proxy to vote for another person at a parliamentary elections, parliamentary elections, in Scotland, where the appointment was made before the relevant day on an application under paragraph 6(7) or (8) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“reserved proxy postal vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by post, as proxy, at parliamentary elections, or a parliamentary election, in Scotland, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day on an application under paragraph 7(4) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,\n“reserved proxy vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by proxy at a parliamentary election, or parliamentary elections, in Scotland where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day on an application granted under paragraph 3(2), 3(6), 4(2), 4(2A) or 4(3) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act.\n“Scottish parliamentary election” means an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2001/497."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2006 asp 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/170."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2015/425."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Article 8 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 (“the 2015 Order”) was amended by paragraph 2(3) of the schedule of the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 (asp 6) (“the 2020 Act”) and article 10 of the 2015 Order was amended by paragraph 2(4) of the schedule of the 2020 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Paragraph 3 of schedule 4 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) (“the 2000 Act”) was amended by paragraph 164(2) of schedule 27 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the 2004 Act”), section 14 and paragraphs 20 and 137 of schedule 1 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (“the EAA”), sections 20 and 34(5) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”), section 9(3) of the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 (asp 6) (“the 2020 Act”) and paragraph 2 of schedule 3 of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) (“the 2022 Act”). Paragraph 4 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act was amended by section 14 and paragraph 3 of schedule 1 of the EAA and section 20 of the 2006 Act. Paragraph 6 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act was amended by paragraph 164(3) of schedule 27 of the 2004 Act, section 3 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), section 16 (2) and (3) of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp 7), section 9 of the 2020 Act, paragraph 8(3)(b)(ii) of schedule 2 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1) and paragraphs 7(2) and 7(3)(a) and (b) of schedule 4 of the 2022 Act. Paragraph 7 was amended by sections 20(c) and 27(2) of the 2006 Act, section 14(3) and paragraphs 23 and 137(7) of schedule 1 of the EAA and paragraph 3(2) to (6) of schedule 3 of the 2022 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Paragraph 3(1) was amended by section 14(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (“the EAA”) and paragraph 2(2) of schedule 3 of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) (“the 2022 Act”). Paragraph 3(7) was amended by paragraph 2(6) of schedule 3 of the 2022 Act. Paragraph 4(1) was amended by section 14(2)(a) of the EAA."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Section 9 was substituted by paragraph 3 of schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Paragraph 15A was inserted by S.S.I. 2009/35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Regulation 60A was inserted by S.I. 2008/305 and amended by S.I. 2023/1406 and S.I. 2023/1147."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:59.268802+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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