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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007, Section 13.
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13.—(1) A person desiring to appeal under section 56(1)(b) (registration appeals – by proxy or post) of the 1983 Act(1) against the decision of a registration officer, which the registration officer has made for the purposes of any particular local government election, must give notice of the appeal to the registration officer within 14 days of the date of receipt of the notice given under regulation 12(4) specifying the grounds of appeal.
(2) The registration officer shall forward any such notice to the sheriff with a statement of the material facts which in the officer’s opinion have been established in the case, of the officer’s decision upon the whole case and on any point which may be specified as a ground of appeal; and the officer shall give to the sheriff any other information which the sheriff may require and which the registration officer is able to give.
(3) Where it appears to the registration officer that any notices of appeal given to the officer are based on similar grounds, the officer shall inform the sheriff of this to enable the sheriff (if the sheriff thinks fit) to consolidate the appeals or select a case as a test case.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 13 applied (31.3.2009) by The Absent Voting at Scottish Local Government Elections (Provision of Personal Identifiers) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/35), regs. 1, 15(2)(b)
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Section 56(1)(b) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 c. 50.
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