The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

General requirements for applications for an absent vote at a local government election in Scotland S

3.—(1) An application under Schedule 4 (absent voting in Great Britain) must comply with the requirements of this regulation and such further requirements in these Regulations as are relevant to the application.

(2) The application must state–

(a) the full name of the applicant;

(b) the address in respect of which the applicant is registered or has applied to be (or is treated as having applied to be) registered in the register of local government electors, except in the case of an application under paragraph 7(4) or (7) (voting as proxy) of Schedule 4;

(c) in the case of a person applying to vote by proxy, the proxy’s address, together with the name of the elector for whom the applicant will act as proxy and the elector’s address for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b);

(d) in the case of a person applying to vote by post, the address to which the ballot paper should be sent; and

(e) in the case of an application to vote by proxy, the grounds on which the elector claims to be entitled to an absent vote.

[F1 (f) in the case of a person who is unable to provide a signature, the reasons for that person’s request that the registration officer dispense with the requirement under section 21(3) of the 2006 Act to provide the applicant’s signature and the name and address of any person who has assisted the applicant to complete the application; and

(g) where the applicant has, or has applied for, an anonymous entry, that fact.]

[F2 (3) The application shall be made in writing and shall be dated.

(3A) Where an application is required to contain a signature and date of birth, the information must be set out in a manner that is sufficiently clear and unambiguous as to be capable of electronic scanning by configuring the information as follows–

(a) the signature shall appear against a background of white unlined paper at least 5 centimetres long and 2 centimetres high; and

(b) the applicant’s date of birth shall be set out numerically configured in the sequence of date, month and year, namely [d][d][m][m][y][y][y][y].

(3B) Where the application contains a request that the registration officer dispense with the requirement for a signature, paragraph (3A)(a) shall not apply.]

(4) An application under Schedule 4 which is made for an indefinite period, or a particular period specified in the application, must state [F3 that it is so made.]

F4 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) An application under Schedule 4 which is made for a particular local government election must–

(a) state that it is so made, and

(b) identify the election in question,

but, where the poll at one election falls on the same day as the poll at another election, the application shall, unless a contrary intention appears, apply to both elections.

(6) Where an application is made to vote by proxy, it must include an application for the appointment of a proxy which meets the requirements of regulation 7.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3(2)(f)(g) inserted (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, 7(2)

F2 Reg. 3(3)-(3B) substituted for reg. 3(3) (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, 7(3)

F3 Words in reg. 3(4) inserted (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, 7(4)(a)

F4 Reg. 3(4)(a)(b) omitted (31.3.2009) by virtue of The Absent Voting at Scottish Local Government Elections (Provision of Personal Identifiers) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/35), regs. 1, 7(4)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 2.5.2007, see reg. 1(2)