# The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Regulation 24: Absent voting applications for local government elections in Scotland not determined by the relevant day


(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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 Act in relation to a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065211/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-24
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