{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-72.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/72",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Procedure on issue of postal ballot paper",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The number of the elector as stated in the register shall be marked on the corresponding number list, next to the number and unique identifying mark of the ballot paper issued to that elector.\n(3) A mark shall be placed in the postal voters list or the proxy postal voters list against the number of the elector to denote that a ballot paper has been issued to the elector or his proxy, but without showing the particular ballot paper issued.\n(4) The number of a postal ballot paper shall be marked on the postal voting statement sent with that paper.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) Subject to paragraph (8), The address to which the postal ballot paper, postal voting statement and the envelopes referred to regulation 74 below are to be sent is–\n(a) in the case of an elector, the address shown in the postal voters list;\n(b) in the case of a proxy, the address shown in the proxy postal voters list.\n(8) Where a person has an anonymous entry in the register, the items specified in paragraph (7) must be sent (as the case may be) to the address to which postal ballot papers should be sent–\n(a) as shown in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4; or\n(b) as given in pursuance of an application made under paragraph 4(1) or 7(4)(b) of Schedule 4.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 72(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 29(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 72(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 29(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 72 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 37(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 72 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 37(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 54(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 72(5)(6) revoked (31.12.2020) by The European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1310), reg. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1389, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 72(7) inserted (1.8.2002) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(1), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 72(7) inserted (1.4.2007) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 21(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 72(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 37(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Reg. 72(8) inserted (1.4.2007) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 21(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 72 applied (with modifications) (26.2.2016) by The European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/219), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 72 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/72",
    "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."
}