{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-60AA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-60AA.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/60AA",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "60AA",
  "heading": "Disapplication of January 2026 fresh signatures requirement",
  "text": "Where a registration officer would be required to send a person, who remains entitled to vote by post (whether as elector or proxy) or by proxy at local government elections in Scotland, a notice under regulation 60A(1) by 31 January 2026—\n(a) that requirement does not apply (and the registration officer must send a notice under regulation 60A(1) by 31 January 2027),\n(b) the absent voter does not, for that reason, cease to be entitled to vote by post or by proxy for a failure to provide a fresh signature, and\n(c) no determination need be made, for that reason, under regulation 60A(6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 60AA inserted (1.12.2025) by The Absent Voting at Scottish Parliament and Local Government Elections (Signature Refresh) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/354), arts. 1, 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/497/regulation/60AA",
    "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."
}