# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Amendment) Order 2008 (revoked) S.I. 2008/307 · made 6 February 2008 · revised to 30 December 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-amendment-order-2008/pdf/uksi_20080307_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-amendment-order-2008/pdf/uksiem_20080307_en.pdf ## Introductory text CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND Made 6th February 2008 Coming into force in accordance with article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Absent voting: personal identifiers ## 2 Absent voting: interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Amendment of article 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Amendment of article 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Amendment of article 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Amendment of article 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Amendment to offence provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Amendment to rule 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Amendment of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Checking of signatures and provision of fresh signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Requirement to provide fresh signatures at five yearly intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Recording and use of personal identifier information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Postal ballot boxes and receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amendment of paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Amendment of paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Procedure in relation to postal voting statements: personal identifier verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Sealing of receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Amendment of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Personal identifiers: transitional provisions ## 19 Interpretation of Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Existing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Requiring personal identifiers from existing absent voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Required information to be provided to existing absent voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Determination by registration officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Consequence of failure or refusal to provide personal identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Miscellaneous Amendments ## 25 Amendment of article 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Amendment of Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Amendment of Schedule 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/307 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-amendment-order-2008 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.