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Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015
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3Invitations to registerS
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(1)In section 9E of the 1983 Act (maintenance of registers: invitations to register in Great Britain), after subsection (7) insert—
“(7A)In relation to the registration of local government electors in Scotland, subsection (7) does not apply to a person who was under the age of 16 at the time the requirement was imposed.”.
(2)In regulation 32ZC of the 2001 Regulations (invitations to apply for registration), after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A)In relation to the registration of local government electors, where the person to be invited is under the age of 16, the invitation in paragraph (1) must also include an explanation of how the person's information will be held and used.”.
(3)In regulation 32ZD of the 2001 Regulations (steps to be taken by a registration officer to encourage a person to make an application for registration in response to an invitation to do so), after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A)In relation to the registration of local government electors, paragraph (3) does not require a registration officer to make, or have made, any visits in the case where the invitations were given to a person under the age of 16.”.
(4)In regulation 32ZE of the 2001 Regulations (requiring a person to make an application for registration), after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A)In relation to the registration of local government electors, the following provisions of this regulation do not apply in the case of a person who is under the age of 16—
(a)paragraphs (2)(b)(iii) and (3)(b) and (c),
(b)paragraph (3)(f), so far as requiring a notice to state that the person may make representations about why a civil penalty should not be imposed.”.
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