# The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 S.I. 2004/1960 · made 20 July 2004 Under section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as substituted by Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000) each registration officer is required to conduct an annual canvass (by reference to residence on 15th October in that year) in his registration area to ascertain the persons who are entitled to be or remain registered as parliamentary or local government electors in that area. Made under: Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; Representation of the People Act 1983 (Section 10, Section 53, Section 201, Schedule 2 paragraph 10) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-form-of-canvass-scotland-regulations-2004/pdf/uksi_20041960_en.pdf ## Introductory text REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE Made 20th July 2004 Coming into force 3rd August 2004 Whereas the Secretary of State has consulted the Electoral Commission about these Regulations in accordance with section 7(1) and (2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament; Now, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 10(4), 53 and 201(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 2 to, the Representation of the People Act 1983, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: ## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on the expiry of 14 days beginning with the day on which they are made. (2) In these Regulations, “the 2001 Regulations” means the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001. (3) These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only. ## 2 Revocation The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 are hereby revoked. ## 3 Prescribed form The form set out in Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed for use for the purposes of the canvass which is required to be conducted by section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983. ## 4 Amendment of provision about applications In regulation 26(6) of the 2001 Regulations (applications for registration) for “the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2003” substitute “the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2004”. ## Signature ANNE McGUIRE Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Scotland Office Department for Constitutional Affairs Dover House, London 20th July 2004 ## Schedule: Form of Canvass and Form of Words about the Two Versions of the Register ## I Form prescribed for the purposes of section 10(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as substituted by Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000) ## II Form of words about the two versions of the register ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) Under section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as substituted by Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 2000) each registration officer is required to conduct an annual canvass (by reference to residence on 15th October in that year) in his registration area to ascertain the persons who are entitled to be or remain registered as parliamentary or local government electors in that area. These Regulations prescribe a revised form for the purposes of that canvass. The form takes account of the fact that ten new States acceded to the European Union in 2004. It makes provision for their citizens (as well as citizens of other Member States) who reside in a registration area, to be included in the register of local government electors for that area. In addition, regulation 3 and Part II of the Schedule to the Regulations prescribe a new form of words about the full and edited versions of the register, to be included as part of the application for registration form provided by registration officers. The Regulations also revoke the Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (Scotland) Regulations 2003, which had previously prescribed the form of canvass and the form of words about the two versions of the register. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1960 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-form-of-canvass-scotland-regulations-2004 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.