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Point in time view as at 11/12/2020.

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The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015, Paragraph 37 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Issue of official poll cardsS
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37.—(1) The CRO shall as soon as practicable after the publication of notice of the election send to each elector and proxy an official poll card.

(2) An elector’s official poll card shall be sent or be delivered to the elector’s qualifying address (within the meaning of article 8(11)), and a proxy’s to the proxy’s address as shown in the list of proxies.

[F1(2A) Paragraph (2) does not apply to an elector to whom section 3(1A) of the 1983 Act (exception to disenfranchisement for offenders sentenced to term not exceeding 12 months) applies and the CRO may send such an elector’s official poll card to the place where the elector is detained in legal custody.]

(3) The official poll card shall be in the form set out in the Appendix, and—

(a)except where sub-paragraph (e) applies, the official poll card issued to an elector shall be in form L1;

(b)the official postal poll card issued to an elector shall be in form L2;

(c)the official poll card issued to the proxy of an elector shall be in form M1;

(d)the official postal poll card issued to the proxy of an elector shall be in form M2;

(e)the official poll card issued to an elector who has appointed a proxy shall be in form M3.

(4) The official poll card may, in addition to the matters in the form, set out such other information, not relating to any candidate or registered party, as the CRO considers appropriate, and different additional information may be provided to different electors or descriptions of elector.

(5) In this rule, “elector”—

(a)means a person who is registered in the register of electors for the constituency and the region on the last day for publication of notice of the election; and

(b)includes a person then shown in that register or in the record of anonymous entries as below voting age if (but only if) it appears from the register or record that the person will be of voting age on the day fixed for the poll.

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I1Sch. 2 para. 37 in force at 16.12.2015 in accordance with art. 1(1)

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