{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-31B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-31B.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/31B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31B",
  "heading": "Other determinations by registration officer of entitlement to registration",
  "text": "(1) A registration officer must discharge the functions specified in paragraph (2) in accordance with regulations 31C to 31FZA.\n(2) The functions specified in this paragraph are—\n(a) determining, under the following provisions, whether a person was entitled to be registered—\n(i) sections 7(3)(aa), 7A(3)(aa), 7C(2)(aa), 10ZE(1)(a) and 15(2)(aa) of the 1983 Act; and\n(ii) section 1D(4)(a) of the 1985 Act;\n(b) determining, under the following provisions, whether a person was registered or their entry has been altered as a result of an application made by another person—\n(i) sections 7(3)(ab), 7A(3)(ab), 7C(2)(ab), 10ZE(1)(c) and 15(2)(ab) of the 1983 Act; and\n(ii) section 1D(4)(b) of the 1985 Act;\n(c) determining under section 10ZE(1)(b) of the 1983 Act whether a person has ceased to be resident at the address or has otherwise ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 31B-31F inserted (1.4.2007) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 31B(1) substituted (2.12.2015) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1966), regs. 1, 7(1) (with reg. 7(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 31B(2) substituted (10.6.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206), regs. 1(5)(b), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 31B(2)(a)(ii) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 10(13)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 31B(2)(b)(ii) substituted (16.1.2024) by The Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1406), regs. 1(2), 10(13)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/31B",
    "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."
}