{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015/article-12",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2015/9780111029916",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2015",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Absent voting at elections: miscellaneous",
  "text": "(1) Section 59 of the 1983 Act (supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters) shall apply for the purposes of a Scottish parliamentary election subject to the following modifications:—\n(a) in subsection (3) (right to register and vote in person, by post or by proxy), “this Act” shall be construed as including a reference to this Order in connection with the rights conferred by this Order on a person having a service qualification by virtue of section 14(1)(a) or (b) of that Act (service qualification as a member of the forces or being employed in the service of the Crown in a post outside the UK of a prescribed class or description) in relation to the making and cancellation of appointments of a proxy and in relation to voting by post; and\n(b) in subsection (3A) (right of members of forces and service voters to information about their right to vote), “this Act and any regulations made under it” shall be similarly construed.\n(2) Schedule 3 (which makes provision in connection with absent voting at Scottish parliamentary elections) has effect.\n(3) Schedule 4 (which makes provision in connection with the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers) has effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 59 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1993 (c.29), section 1; the 2000 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 16 and the 2006 Act, section 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2015/9780111029916/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:43.999227+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."
}