Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

[F1Summary procedure for determining in specified circumstances person has ceased to satisfy conditions for registrationS

31C.(1) In any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) the registration officer may make the determination specified in regulation 31B(2)(b)(ii) without following the procedure set out in regulations 31D to 31F.

(2) The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where the registration officer–

(a)has received an application under regulation 26 which includes a statement to which paragraph (1)(c) of that regulation refers;

(b)has received a notice under regulation 37;

(c)has been given information by the elector that he has ceased to reside at the address in question or has otherwise ceased to satisfy the conditions for registration set out in section 4 of the 1983 Act;

(d)has been notified by a relative or executor of the elector or by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland that the elector has died.

(3) In paragraph (2)–

“elector” means a person who is duly entered in a register in respect of an address;

“relative” means a spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild.]