Paragraph 6A Additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a particular or indefinite period based on detention in a penal institutionF1

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 3 para. 9B 9C inserted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 9
sch. 3 para. 9C(2)(a) words inserted by Absent Voting 2026 reg. 22(2)
sch. 3 para. 1(9)-(14) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 reg. 18
sch. 3 para. 7(7F)(7G) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 reg. 19
sch. 3 para. 8A and cross-heading inserted by Absent Voting 2026 reg. 20
sch. 3 para. 9(4E)(4F) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 reg. 21
sch. 3 para. 9A and cross-heading inserted by Absent Voting 2026 reg. 22(1)
Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(aa) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 8(a)
Sch. 3 para. 1(5) word substituted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 8(b)
Sch. 3 para. 1(6) substituted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 8(c)
Sch. 3 para. 10(1A) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 10(a)
Sch. 3 para. 10(7A)-(7F) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 10(b)
Sch. 3 para. 13A inserted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 11
Sch. 3 para. 14(A1) inserted by Absent Voting 2026 art. 12

An application to vote by proxy for a particular or indefinite period under article 8(3)(f) (application by offender sentenced to term not exceeding 12 months) must state—

(a)

that the applicant is eligible to vote by proxy at Scottish parliamentary elections on grounds relating to the applicant's detention in a penal institution, and

(b)

the name of the penal institution at which the applicant is detained.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 para. 6A inserted (2.4.2020) by Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020 (asp 6), s. 12(1), sch. para. 2(5)(a)