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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-absent-voting-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-7",
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  "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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) after the definition of “anonymous entry” insert—\n““maximum period” means the period specified in paragraph 3(1A)(a) or 7(5A)(a) of Schedule 4;”,\n(b) after the definition of “registration officer” insert—\n““relevant absent voting application” means an application (including a partially completed application) under paragraph 3, 4 or 6 of Schedule 4 in relation to a local government election, or local government elections, in Scotland;”,\n(c) after the definition of “Schedule 4” insert—\n““UK digital service” has the same meaning as in section 12B(6) of the Scotland Act 1998;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "There are amendments to regulation 2(1) that are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 3(1A) of schedule 4 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) was inserted by paragraph 2(3) of schedule 3 of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) (“the 2022 Act”) and amended by section 1(5)(b) of the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Act 2025 (“the 2025 Act”). Paragraph 7(5A) of that schedule was inserted by paragraph 3(4) of schedule 3 of the 2022 Act and amended by section 1(6)(b) of the 2025 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph 3 of schedule 4 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) (“the 2000 Act”) was amended by paragraph 164(2) of schedule 27 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (“the 2004 Act”), section 14 and paragraphs 20 and 137 of schedule 1 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (“the EAA”), sections 20 and 34(5) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“the 2006 Act”), section 9(3) of the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 (asp 6) (“the 2020 Act”) and paragraph 2 of schedule 3 of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37) (“the 2022 Act”). Paragraph 4 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act was amended by section 14 and paragraph 3 of schedule 1 of the EAA and section 20 of the 2006 Act. Paragraph 6 of schedule 4 of the 2000 Act was amended by paragraph 164(3) of schedule 27 of the 2004 Act, section 3 of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6), section 16 (2) and (3) of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp 7), section 9 of the 2020 Act, paragraph 8(3)(b)(ii) of schedule 2 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1) and paragraphs 7(2) and 7(3)(a) and (b) of schedule 4 of the 2022 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1998 c. 46. Section 12B was inserted by section 2(2) of the Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Act 2025 (c. 27)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2026/9780111065211/regulation/7",
    "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."
}