Amendment of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001
4. In regulation 26 (applications for registration)(1)—
(a)after paragraph (1A) insert—
“(1B) In relation to the registration of local government electors, where the applicant is a person to whom section 3(1A) of the 1983 Act (exception to disenfranchisement for offenders sentenced to term not exceeding 12 months) applies, an application under paragraph (1) must include the applicant’s prisoner number.”,
(b)in paragraph (3)(ba) for “or relevant citizens of the Union” substitute “or qualifying foreign nationals”,
Regulation 26 was substituted by S.I. 2013/3206. Regulation 26(3) was subsequently amended by section 5(2) of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp 7) (“the 2015 Act”), S.I. 2015/1966, S.I. 2017/604, S.S.I. 2018/89 and paragraph 267 of schedule 19(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (c.12) and sub-paragraph (ba) of regulation 26(3) was inserted by S.S.I. 2018/89.