# The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999, Paragraph 5: Additional requirements for applications in respect of a particular election


(1) An application under article 9(1) shall set out why the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll for the election in respect of which it is made will be or are likely to be such that he cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at his allotted polling station.
(2) Such an application–
(a) which is received by the registration officer after 5pm on the eleventh day (calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(5) below) before the date of the poll at the election in question (“the standard closing date for applications”) but before 5pm on the sixth day (so calculated) before the date of that poll; and
(b) in which the circumstances set out in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above relate to the applicant’s health,
shall–
(i) include a statement to the effect that, before the standard closing date for applications, the applicant could not have reasonably foreseen that those circumstances would, or would be likely to, exist on the date of the poll; and
(ii) be attested in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) below and signed by one of the persons specified in paragraph 3(2) (a), (b) and (c) above.
(3) The person attesting an application under sub-paragraph (2) above shall state–
(a) his name and address and the qualification by virtue of which he is authorised to attest it; and
(b) that, so far as he is aware, the statement included in the application in pursuance of sub-paragraph (2)(i) above is true.
(4) An application under article 9(1)–
(a) which is received by the registration officer between the times specified in sub- paragraph (2)(a) above; and
(b) in which the circumstances set out in accordance with sub- paragraph (1) above relate to the applicant’s employment either as a constable or by a returning officer on the date of the poll at the election for which the application is made for a purpose connected with that election or some other election (including, for these purposes, a parliamentary, European Parliamentary or local government election) the poll for which is held on the same day,
shall–
(i) state the employment in question, and
(ii) in addition to the applicant’s signature, be signed, in the case of a constable, by an officer of a police force of or above the rank of inspector or, in the case of a person employed by a returning officer, by that returning officer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/787/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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