Registration of electors
9Service declarations
1
The 1983 Act is amended in accordance with this section.
2
In section 14 (service qualification), after subsection (1) insert—
1A
In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, a person also has a service qualification for the purposes of this Act if—
a
the person is under the age of 18,
b
a parent or guardian of the person has a service qualification under any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (1), and
c
the person is residing at a particular place in order to be with that parent or guardian.
3
In section 15 (service declaration)—
a
after subsection (3) insert—
3A
In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, a service declaration made by a person by virtue of a service qualification under section 14(1A) ceases to have effect when the person attains the age of 18.
3B
Without prejudice to subsection (2), a person registered in a register of local government electors in Scotland in pursuance of a service declaration referred to in subsection (3A) ceases to be entitled to remain so registered when the person attains the age of 18.
3C
Where a person's entitlement to remain registered ceases under subsection (3B), the registration officer must remove the person's entry from the register.
b
after subsection (5) insert—
5A
Despite anything in subsection (5), in relation to Scotland, a relevant service declaration made by a person has effect only for the purposes of the person's registration as a local government elector.
5B
In subsection (5A), “relevant service declaration” means—
a
a service declaration made by virtue of a service qualification under section 14(1A),
b
any other service declaration made by a person who, on the date on which the declaration is made, is—
i
under the age of 17, and
ii
not entitled to be registered in the register of parliamentary electors.
5C
A relevant service declaration referred to in subsection (5A) must be marked to show that it is available only for the purposes of registration as a local government elector, but otherwise is to be the same as other service declarations.
4
In section 16 (contents of service declaration)—
a
the existing text becomes subsection (1),
b
after that subsection insert—
2
In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, a service declaration made by a person claiming to have a service qualification under section 14(1A) does not require to be attested.
5
In section 17 (effect of service declaration), after subsection (2) insert—
3
In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, subsection (2) is subject to section 15(3A).