# The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Regulation 26: Termination of certain devolved proxy postal vote entitlements


(1) This regulation applies where immediately before the relevant day a person (“P”) has—
(a) a devolved proxy postal vote entitlement, and
(b) a reserved proxy postal vote entitlement.
(2) P’s devolved proxy postal vote entitlement ceases to have effect on the relevant day.
(3) As soon as practicable after the relevant day, the registration officer must send to P, at P’s qualifying address—
(a) a notice informing P that P’s devolved proxy postal vote entitlement has ceased to have effect and the reason why it has ceased to have effect, and explaining the effect of that entitlement ceasing to have effect,
(b) information about how to make a fresh application.
(4) As soon as practicable after the relevant day, the registration officer must—
(a) update—
(i) the records, as applicable to P, kept under—
(aa) article 11(5) and (12) of the 2015 Order,
(bb) paragraph 7(6) and (12) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,
(ii) the proxy postal voters list, as applicable to P, kept under—
(aa) article 11(7) of the 2015 Order,
(bb) paragraph 7(8) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,
(b) notify the elector who appointed the proxy, by a notice sent to the elector’s qualifying address, that the devolved proxy postal vote entitlement has ceased to have effect.
(5) In this regulation “devolved proxy postal vote entitlement” means an entitlement to vote by post, as proxy, at—
(a) a Scottish parliamentary election, or Scottish parliamentary elections, where the entitlement was granted before the relevant day on an application under article 11(4) of the 2015 Order, or
(b) a local government election, or local government elections, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065211/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-26
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