{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/629",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Regulations of 1986",
  "text": "(1) In the front of form H in Schedule 2 to the Regulations of 1986 (declaration of identity referred to in regulation 77(b))–\n(a) the words “(or mark)” shall be omitted;\n(b) before the words “Name of Witness” there shall be inserted the words “The voter, who is personally known to me, has signed this declaration in my presence.”; and\n(c) for the words “(CAPITAL LETTERS)” in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “(WRITE CLEARLY)”.\n(2) In the back of that form–\n(a) in paragraph 1, the words “(or mark)” shall be omitted;\n(b) in paragraph 2, at the end of the first sentence there shall be inserted the words “on each ballot paper”;\n(c) in the final sentence of that paragraph for the words “paper, or your vote” there shall be substituted the words “papers, or your votes”;\n(d) in the first sentence of paragraph 3, for the words “the ballot” there shall be substi tuted the words “each ballot”; and\n(e) in the final sentence of paragraph 4, the words “,in order to be counted” shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/629/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:23:19.173550+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."
}