{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/497",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Transmission of overseas elector’s declaration",
  "text": "An overseas elector’s declaration shall be transmitted to the registration officer for that part of a constituency within which is situated the address specified in the declaration in accordance with section 1C(2)(a)(i), (3)(a)(i) or (4) of the 1985 Act by—\n(a) the Secretary of State, where the declaration forms part of an application made through the digital service in accordance with regulation 26(9);\n(b) otherwise, by the declarant.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21 substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 9(4) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(c))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:01:49.998694+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."
}