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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/schedule-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2001/0110595629",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1983 AND 1985 ACTS FOR REGISTRATION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY OVERSEAS ELECTORS",
  "text": "1\n2\nProvision applied\nModification\nPART I: THE 1983 ACT\nSection 4(5) (attainers)\nSection 9 (register of electors)\nIn subsection (1)(a) omit “for each constituency or part of a constituency”.\nOmit subsection (2)(b).\nOmit subsections (5) to (8).\nSection 13 (publication of registers)\nFor subsections (1) to (3) substitute:\n“(1) Where a register under section 3 of the 1985 Act is in force, a revised version of it shall be published when a revised version of the registers of parliamentary and local government electors is published under this section as it has effect for the purposes of such registers.”.\nSection 13A (alteration of registers)\nSection 13B (alteration of register: pending elections)\nFor subsection (4) substitute:\n“(4) This section applies to elections to the European Parliament.”\nSection 50 (effect of misdescription)\nFor paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) substitute “in the register”.\nSection 52 (discharge of registration duties)\nIn subsections (1) and (4) after the word “Act” insert “and regulation 13 of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001”.\nSection 54 (payment of expenses of registration)\nIn subsection (1) after the word “Act” in the first place where it occurs, insert “and regulation 13 of the Representation of the People Regulations 2001”.\nOmit subsection (3)\nSection 56 as applied by section 57 (registration appeals: (Scotland)\nOmit subsection (1)(b)\nSection 63 (breach of official duty)\nIn subsection (3)–\nfor paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute: “(a) any registration officer,”; and\n(b) for the words from “relating to” to the end of the subsection substitute “relating to the registration of European Parliamentary overseas electors”.\nPART II: THE 1985 ACT\nSection 2 (registration of British citizens overseas)\nIn paragraph (a) of subsection (1) omit “constituency or” and in paragraph (b) after “of that” insert “part of the”\nIn paragraph (c) of subsection (2) for the words from “parliamentary” to the end of that paragraph, substitute “local government electors”.\nIn subsection (4) for “section 1” substitute “section 3”.\nIn subsection (7) omit “constituency or”.\nIn subsection (8) for “section 1(1)(a)” substitute “section 3(1)(a)”.\nIn section 12 (offences as to Declarations etc), subsections (1), (2) and (4)\nIn subsection (1)(a) for the word the word “parliamentary” substitute “European Parliamentary”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 4 was substituted by section 1(2) of the 2000 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 9 was substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sections 13, 13A and 13B were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 52 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 54 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 56 was amended by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act and Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 63 was substituted by Schedule 4 to the 1985 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 2 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Section 3 was substituted by Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act"
    }
  ],
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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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