Transitional provision3
1
This article applies where–
a
a person has made an application under Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 20002 to a registration officer to vote by post, by proxy, or by post as proxy in respect only of local government elections in Scotland or of a particular local government election in Scotland; and
b
the application has not been determined on or before 21st January 2009.
2
The registration officer must not grant the application unless the applicant has supplied the registration officer with–
a
a specimen of the applicant’s signature; and
b
the applicant’s date of birth.