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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General requirements for applications",
  "text": "(1) Applications under article 8, 9, 10, or 11 shall, in addition to the address which is required by article 8(7), 9(5) or 11(12) (as the case may be) in the case of a person applying to vote by post, state–\n(a) the applicant’s full name;\n(b) except in the case of an application under article 11, the address in respect of which the applicant is or will be registered in the register;\n(c) in the case of an application under article 11, the address of the applicant, together with the name of the elector for whom he acts as proxy and the address of that elector for the purposes of sub-sub-paragraph (b) above; and\n(d) in the case of an application under article 8(1), 9(1) or 11(4) or (7), the grounds on which the applicant claims to be entitled to an absent vote,\nand the application shall be signed by the applicant and made and sent or delivered in accordance with article 92.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) above, the address in respect of which the applicant is or will be registered includes–\n(a) in the case of a service voter, the address given in the service declaration in accordance with section 16(d) of the 1983 Act; and\n(b) in the case of a voluntary mental patient, the address given in the patient’s declaration in accordance with section 7(4)(d)(iv) of the 1983 Act.\n(3) An application under article 9(1) or (2), 10(7) or 11(7) or (8) shall specify the election in respect of which it is made.\n(4) An application to vote by proxy under article 8(1) or (6) or 9(1) or (2) shall include an application for the appointment of a proxy which meets the requirements of paragraph 6 below.\n(5) An application under article 8, 9, 10, or 11 shall comply with such further requirements of this Schedule as apply to such an application including the requirements as to time set out by paragraph 8 below.",
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