{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2026/9780111065211",
  "legislation_title": "The Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of Part 4 (absent voters)",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 51 (general requirements for applications for an absent vote)—\n(a) in paragraph (2)(aa), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(b) in the opening words of paragraph (7), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(c) in paragraph (10)(a), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or any relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(d) in the opening words of paragraph (11), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”.\n(2) In regulation 56(3D) (closing date for applications), after “paragraph (3F)” insert “in relation to a parliamentary election or a local government election in Scotland”.\n(3) In regulation 56B (verification of information provided in a relevant absent voting application)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(b) in paragraph (8)(a), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or the relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(c) in the heading, after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”.\n(4) In regulation 56C (power to request additional evidence in relation to relevant absent voting applications where registration officer considers it necessary)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(b) in paragraph (5), after “Where” insert “, in relation to a relevant absent voting application,”,\n(c) in paragraph (8), after sub-paragraph (f) insert—\n“(g) paragraph 9B(5) of schedule 3 to the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015, in relation to an application for local government elections in Scotland.”,\n(d) in the opening words of paragraph (9), omit “in a register of parliamentary electors or a register of local government electors in England”,\n(e) in the heading, after “relevant absent voting applications” insert “and relevant devolved absent voting applications”.\n(5) In regulation 56D (processing of information provided in connection with a relevant absent voting application)—\n(a) in the opening words of paragraph (2), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or any relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(b) in paragraph (3), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or the relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(c) in paragraph (5)(a), after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or the relevant devolved absent voting application”,\n(d) in paragraph (6), after “paragraph (5)” insert “in connection with a relevant absent voting application”,\n(e) in the heading, after “relevant absent voting application” insert “or a relevant devolved absent voting application”.\n(6) In regulation 57 (grant or refusal of applications)—\n(a) in paragraph (1A) for “Where a registration officer grants an application to vote by post at a parliamentary election, the” substitute “The”,\n(b) in paragraph (6A)(a) for the words “under Schedule 4 relates to voting at a parliamentary election” substitute “has been made under Schedule 4”.\n(7) In regulation 60ZA(1) (requirement to notify certain electors and proxies that postal vote entitlement is to end) omit “at a parliamentary election”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 51 was relevantly amended by S.I. 2023/1147."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 56(3D) was inserted by S.I. 2022/1382 and relevantly amended by S.I. 2023/1147."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 56B was inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 and amended by S.I. 2024/991."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 56C was inserted by S.I. 2023/1147."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2015/425; relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2026/XXX."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Regulation 56D was inserted by S.I. 2023/1147. There are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Regulation 57 was relevantly amended by S.I. 2023/1147."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 2023/1147."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Paragraphs (6A) to (6E) were inserted by S.I. 2023/1147."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Regulation 60ZA was inserted by S.I. 2023/1147."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065211/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:59.268802+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}