The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Amendments to the Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013

4.  In regulation 22 (amendments in relation to invitations to apply for registration etc.), in regulation 32ZD of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001(1) (steps following invitation to apply for registration), as inserted by regulation 22, after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) Paragraphs (1) to (3) do not apply in relation to a person whom the registration officer has reason to believe would, if registered, be registered—

(a) in pursuance of an application made by virtue of section 7(2) or 7A(2) of the 1983 Act(2);

(b) in pursuance of a declaration of local connection, service declaration or overseas elector’s declaration; or

(c) with an anonymous entry.”

(1)

S.I. 2001/497.

(2)

Section 7 was substituted by section 4 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 and amended by section 12(1) of and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 and by S.I. 2005/2078 and S.S.I. 2005/465. Section 7A was inserted by section 5 of the Representation of the People Act 2000 and amended by section 12(1) of and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 4 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 and by S.I. 2005/2078 and S.S.I. 2005/465.