# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999, Paragraph 12: Inquiries by registration officer


(1) The registration officer may, at such times as he thinks fit, make inquiries of a person–
(a) who is shown in the record kept under article 8(4) by virtue of an application under that article on the grounds set out in article 8(2)(c) or (d);
(b) who is shown in that record by virtue of an application having been treated as granted under paragraph 16(1) below but who immediately before the commencement date was shown in a record kept under section 6(3) of the 1985 Act by virtue of an application under that section on the grounds set out in of section 6(2) (b) or (c) of that Act, for the purpose of determining whether there has been a material change of circumstances.
(2) In the case of a person who is shown in the record kept under article 8(4) by virtue of an application under that article on the grounds set out in article 8(2)(d), to whom sub-paragraph (1)(b) above applies and who immediately before the commencement date was shown in a record kept under section 6(3) of the 1985 Act by virtue of an application under that section on the grounds set out in section 6(2)(c) of that Act, the registration officer shall make the inquiries referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above not later than three years after the date of the granting of the application or the last such inquiries, as the case may be.
(3) In respect of a person to whom sub-paragraph (1)(b) above applies, the date of commencement shall be treated as the date of the granting of the application.
(4) The registration officer may treat the failure by a person of whom inquiries have been made under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above to respond to such inquiries within one month of the date on which they were made as sufficient evidence of a material change in circumstances.
(5) In this paragraph “commencement date” means the date on which this Order comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/787/schedule/3/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-12
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