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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 No. 427
2. The Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 11.
S.I. 2001/497. Regulation 26 was substituted by S.I. 2013/3206 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2015/1966, 2017/602, 2017/604 and the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 (asp. 7). Regulation 31C was substituted by S.I. 2013/3206 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2015/1966. Regulation 31D was inserted by S.I. 2007/925 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2013/3206 and the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015. Regulation 31FZA was inserted by S.I. 2015/1966. Regulation 31FA was inserted by S.I. 2013/3206 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2015/1966. Regulations 31G to 31J were inserted by S.I. 2007/925 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2009/725 and S.I. 2013/3206. Regulation 93A was inserted by S.I. 2013/3206; there are other amendments but none is relevant to this instrument.
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