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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111112588",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206) as part of the introduction of a new system of individual electoral registration in Great Britain.\nRegulation 3 provides for a commencement date of 19th September 2014 for the new rules on individual electoral registration in Scotland.\nRegulation 4 provides that, where a registration officer has invited a person whom he has reason to believe would be a special category elector such as an overseas elector or a person with a service declaration, or would have an anonymous entry in the register, to apply to be registered, the officer does not have to carry out follow-up steps such as visiting the elector.\nAn overall impact assessment in relation to the individual electoral registration scheme is available on the Cabinet Office website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/individual-electoral-registration-impact-assessment.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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