# The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Regulation 30: Signature waiver discrepancies and termination of certain devolved absent vote entitlements


(1) This regulation applies where immediately before the relevant day—
(a) a person (“P”) has—
(i) a devolved absent vote entitlement, and
(ii) a reserved absent vote entitlement (“P’s absent vote entitlements”), and
(b) a signature waiver has been granted in respect of one of P’s absent vote entitlements only and the requirement to provide a signature in respect of P’s other absent vote entitlement remains.
(2) P’s devolved absent vote entitlement ceases to have effect on the relevant day.
(3) Before the relevant day, a registration officer must, where reasonably practicable, send to P at P’s qualifying address a notice informing P that—
(a) P has both a devolved absent entitlement and a reserved absent vote entitlement and signature waiver has been granted in respect of one of P’s absent vote entitlements only and the requirement to provide a signature in respect of P’s other absent vote entitlement remains,
(b) P must have in place a signature waiver for both P’s devolved absent vote entitlement and P’s reserved absent vote entitlement or a signature waiver in place for neither, if P is to have both a devolved absent vote entitlement and a reserved absent vote entitlement in place from the relevant day, and
(c) if a fresh application to vote by post or proxy is not made before and determined by the relevant day, P’s devolved absent vote entitlement ceases to have effect on the relevant day.
(4) 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 absent 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, and
(b) information about how to make a fresh devolved absent voting application.
(5) As soon as practicable after the relevant day, the registration officer must update—
(a) the records, as applicable to P, kept under—
(i) article 8(4), 8(9) or 9(8) and paragraph 22(2) of schedule 3 of the 2015 Order, or
(ii) paragraph 3(4), 3(9) or 4(6) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,
(b) where records listed in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) are being updated—
(i) section 21(6) of the 2006 Act, or
(ii) regulation 61B of the 2001 Regulations, and
(c) the postal voters list, the list of proxies or the proxy postal voters list, as applicable to P, kept under—
(i) article 9(5) of the 2015 Order, or
(ii) paragraph 5(2) and (3) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,
to reflect that the devolved absent vote entitlement has ceased to have effect due to the operation of paragraph (2).
(6) In this regulation “signature waiver” means where a registration officer has agreed an application by a person to dispense with any of the requirements under articles 8, 9 or 10 of the 2015 Order or paragraph 3 or 4 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act to provide a signature.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065211/regulation/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-30
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