{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-2009/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-2009",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where–\n(a) a person has made an application under Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 to a registration officer to vote by post, by proxy, or by post as proxy in respect only of local government elections in Scotland or of a particular local government election in Scotland; and\n(b) the application has not been determined on or before 21st January 2009.\n(2) The registration officer must not grant the application unless the applicant has supplied the registration officer with–\n(a) a specimen of the applicant’s signature; and\n(b) the applicant’s date of birth.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/2/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:03:49.127847+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."
}