Paragraph 7A Emergency change of proxy: proxy unable to vote in personF1
This paragraph applies where—
a proxy is appointed to vote for a person (“the elector”) at a forthcoming Scottish parliamentary election (whether or not the proxy is appointed only for that particular election),
the proxy is not entitled to vote by post at that election, and
the circumstances of the proxy on the date of the poll will, or are likely to, be such that they cannot be reasonably expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to the elector.
Where this paragraph applies, the elector may apply to the ERO for an alternative person to be appointed as their proxy under article 10(6) (appointment of a proxy for an indefinite period or for a period specified in the application) or article 10(7) (appointment of a proxy for the particular election).
An application to which sub-paragraph (2) applies must state the reasons why the circumstances of the proxy on the date of the poll will, or are likely to, be such that they cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to the elector.
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Textual amendments
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Sch. 3 para. 7A substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/313), arts. 1(1), 15(b)