{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Absent voting at elections: miscellaneous",
  "text": "(1) Section 59 of the 1983 Act (supplemental provisions as to members of forces and service voters) shall apply for the purposes of a Scottish parliamentary election subject to the following modification)–\n(a) in subsection (3)(a), “this Act” shall be construed as including a reference to this Order in connection with the rights conferred by this Order on a person having a service qualification by virtue of section 14(1)(a) or (b) of that Act in relation to the making and cancellation of appointments of a proxy and in relation to voting by post; and\n(b) in subsection (3)(b), “this Act and any regulations made under it” shall be similarly construed.\n(2) Schedule 3 (which makes provision in connection with absent voting at Scottish parliamentary elections) has effect.\n(3) Schedule 4 (which makes provision in connection with the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers) has effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/787/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:32.335431+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."
}