# The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Regulation 33: Postal vote and proxy vote discrepancy and termination of certain devolved proxy vote entitlements


(1) This regulation applies where immediately before the relevant day a person (“P”) has—
(a) a devolved proxy vote entitlement, and
(b) a reserved postal vote entitlement.
(2) P’s devolved proxy 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 a devolved proxy vote entitlement and a reserved postal vote entitlement,
(b) P’s devolved absent vote entitlement must be the same as P’s reserved absent vote entitlement if both are to be in place on 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 proxy vote entitlement will cease 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 proxy vote entitlement has ceased to have effect and the reason it has ceased to have effect, and explaining the effect of that appointment ceasing to have effect, and
(b) information about how to make a fresh 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) articles article 8(4), 8(9) or 9(8) of the 2015 Order, or
(ii) paragraph 3(4), 3(9) or 4(6) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,
(b) the list of proxies, as applicable to P, kept under—
(i) article 9(5) of the 2015 Order, or
(ii) paragraph 5(3) of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act,
to reflect that P’s devolved proxy vote entitlement has ceased to have effect due to the operation of paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065211/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-33
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