{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006/section-54",
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  "legislation": "asp/2006/14",
  "legislation_title": "Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-electoral-administration-and-registration-services-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Recording of certain events in Book of Scottish Connections",
  "text": "(1) The Registrar General is to keep a register to be known as the Book of Scottish Connections (“the BSC”) for the purpose of recording, in accordance with subsection (6), qualifying events.\n(2) The following events are qualifying events—\n(a) a person's birth, where—\n(i) the birth occurred outside Scotland; and\n(ii) the person falls within subsection (4);\n(b) a person's death, where—\n(i) the death occurred outside Scotland; and\n(ii) the person falls within subsection (4) or (5);\n(c) a marriage, where—\n(i) the marriage occurred outside Scotland; and\n(ii) at least one of the parties falls within subsection (4) or (5);\n(d) the formation in a part of the United Kingdom other than Scotland, of a civil partnership, where at least one of the parties falls within subsection (4) or (5);\n(e) the entering into of an overseas relationship, where at least one of the parties falls within subsection (4) or (5);\n(f) a divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership (formed in any part of the United Kingdom) or overseas relationship, where—\n(i) the divorce or dissolution occurred outside Scotland; and\n(ii) at least one of the parties to the divorce or dissolution falls within subsection (4) or (5).\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) a reference to an event occurring outside Scotland is a reference to its occurring in any other part of the United Kingdom or elsewhere; and\n(b) “overseas relationship” has the meaning given by section 212 of the 2004 Act.\n(4) A person falls within this subsection if—\n(a) one of the person's parents or grandparents was born in Scotland; or\n(b) there is an entry in the BSC in respect of any event relating to one of the person's parents or grandparents.\n(5) A person falls within this subsection if—\n(a) the person was born in Scotland; or\n(b) the person was normally resident in Scotland at the time of the event.\n(6) The Registrar General is to make an entry in the BSC in respect of a qualifying event where—\n(a) an application has been made for the recording of the event;\n(b) the application is in the prescribed form;\n(c) such fees as may be prescribed are paid;\n(d) such documents as may be prescribed are submitted; and\n(e) the Registrar General considers it appropriate to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 54 wholly in force at 5.1.2009; s. 54 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 63(2); s. 54 in force for specified purposes at 1.10.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/469, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 4); s. 54 in force in so far as not already in force at 5.1.2009 by S.S.I. 2008/405, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/14/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:08.752556+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."
}