Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend certain regulations in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/497) which relate to the new system of individual electoral registration.
Regulation 3 provides that, where people wish to change their name in the electoral register, the requirement to provide documentary evidence of the change of name is not limited to particular documents.
The effect of regulation 6 is that responses to the annual canvass form do not have to be made by completing and returning the form.
Regulations 4 and 5 and 7 to 9 make minor clarificatory and correcting amendments. Regulation 9 relates to Part V of the 2001 Regulations.
An 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.