{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111015322",
  "legislation_title": "The Crofting Commission (Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crofting-commission-elections-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1993 Act” means the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993;\n“close of nominations” means the deadline for return of nomination papers determined in accordance with regulation 11(1);\n“the Commission” means the body established by section 1 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 and continued in being by section 1(1) of the 1993 Act;\n“crofting electoral register” means the register compiled and maintained by the registration officer under regulation 3;\n“election” means an election of a member of the Commission;\n“election notice” means a notice published under regulation 12;\n“elector” means a person who, in accordance with regulation 4, is entitled to vote in an election and unless the context requires otherwise includes that person’s proxy;\n“non-business day” means—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday;\n(b) Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Monday;\n(c) a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971; or\n(d) a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning;\n“registration officer” means the chief executive of the Commission;\n“residency duty” means the duty set out in section 5AA or 19C(2)(a) of the 1993 Act;\n“returning officer” means the person appointed under regulation 6(1);\n“undertaking” means an undertaking under section 26D of the 1993 Act; and\n“unique identifying number” is, in relation to a ballot paper, a mark printed on the back consisting of a combination of a bar code and a number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1955 c.21. The Crofters Commission is to be re-named as the Crofting Commission from 1st April 2012 by virtue of section 1(1) of the 2010 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 5AA was inserted by section 33(2) of the 2010 Act and section 19C was inserted by section 34 of the 2010 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 26D was inserted by section 37 of the 2010 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111015322/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:55.658804+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."
}