{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Representation of the People (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "text": "In regulation 31J (anonymous registration: evidence by attestation)—\n(a) in paragraph (4)(a), (b) and (c) for “superintendent” substitute “inspector”;\n(b) after paragraph (4)(k) insert—\n“(l) any registered medical practitioner;\n(m) any registered nurse or midwife;\n(n) any person who manages a refuge.”; and\n(c) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) In this regulation “refuge” means accommodation together with a planned programme of therapeutic and practical support for victims of, or those at risk of, domestic abuse or violence.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 31J was inserted by S.I. 2007/925 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2009/725 and S.I. 2013/3206."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/89/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:13:35.026651+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."
}