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13. In regulation 8(6) (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a particular or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or other disability) of the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(1)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b), after “effect in the application” insert “, or”,
(b)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)the applicant is in receipt of the higher rate of the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance (payable in accordance with regulation 8 of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025(2), or short-term assistance (payable in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 1 (short-term assistance) of those Regulations) where the “earlier determination” referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of schedule 1 (entitlement to short-term assistance) of those Regulations awarded the higher rate of the mobility component of Scottish adult disability living allowance because of the disability specified in the application and makes a statement to that effect in the application”.
S.S.I. 2007/170, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2021/73 and S.S.I. 2022/31.
S.S.I. 2025/XXX.
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