Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1 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 S

32ZD.— (1) If a registration officer has given a person an invitation to apply for registration under section 9E(1) of the 1983 Act and the person has not made an application to register within a reasonable time of receipt of the invitation, the registration officer must give the person a second invitation.

(2) If no application is received in respect of the second invitation within a reasonable time of receipt of the second invitation, the registration officer must give the person a third invitation.

(3) The registration officer may visit the address at which the first invitation was given in order to encourage the person to make an application for registration at any time and must make or have made one visit if no application has been received in response to the third invitation.

[F2 (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) The second and third invitations to apply for registration, if required, must be in the same form as the first invitation to apply for registration.

(5) Paragraphs (1) to (3) do not apply if the registration officer is satisfied that—

(a) the person is not entitled to be registered at the address [F3 in respect of which] the invitation or invitations to register was or were given; or

(b) the person is registered at a different address.

(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;

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

(c) with an anonymous entry.

[F4 (6) Paragraph (3) does not apply if, on the date that the registration officer gave an invitation to apply for registration under section 9E(1) of the 1983 Act, the person was a person to whom section 3(1A) of the 1983 Act (exception to disenfranchisement for offenders sentenced to term not exceeding 12 months) applies.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 32ZA-32ZI inserted (10.6.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206), regs. 1(5)(c), 22 (as amended by S.I. 2014/1250, regs. 1, 4)

F2 Reg. 32ZD(3A) inserted (25.7.2015) by Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp 7), ss. 3(3), 21

F3 Words in reg. 32ZD(5)(a) substituted (27.4.2017) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/604), regs. 1, 9

F4 Reg. 32ZD(6) inserted (27.6.2020) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/180), regs. 1(2), 6