Regulation 24 Absent voting applications for local government elections in Scotland not determined by the relevant day
An absent voting application for local government elections in Scotland that is made before, but not determined by, the relevant day is to be treated as not having been made.
Where, in accordance with paragraph (1), a person’s application is treated as not having been made, the registration officer must, as soon as practicable after the relevant day, send that person information about how to make a fresh absent voting application for local government elections in Scotland.
In this regulation “absent voting application for local government elections in Scotland” means an application (including a partially completed application) made under paragraph 3, 4, 6 or 7 of schedule 4 (absent voting in Great Britain) of the 2000 Actf1 in relation to a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland.
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Paragraph 7 of schedule 4 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.