The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

6.  In regulation 32ZA (annual canvass)—

(a) in paragraph (4), at the beginning, insert “Subject to paragraphs (4A) and (4B),”;

(b) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A) Where, during the period beginning with 1st July in each year and ending with the day in that year (or where section 13(1A) of the 1983 Act applies, on or before 1st February in the following year) on which the registration officer publishes a revised version of the register of parliamentary electors under section 13(1) of the 1983 Act—

(a) the registration officer receives an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act;

(b) the application contains information provided by the applicant in accordance with regulation 26(3)(eb) which indicates that the applicant is the only person aged 14 or over resident at the address in respect of which the application is made; and

(c) the registration officer determines that the applicant is entitled to be registered in respect of that address;

the registration officer is not required (if the officer has not done so already), under paragraph (4), to send a canvass form to that address as part of the annual canvass for that year.

(4B) Where, outside the period specified in paragraph (4A)—

(a) the registration officer receives an application under section 10ZC or 10ZD of the 1983 Act;

(b) that application contains information provided by the applicant in accordance with regulation 26(3)(eb) which indicates that the applicant is the only person aged 14 or over resident at the address in respect of which the application is made; and

(c) the registration officer determines that the applicant is entitled to be registered in respect of that address;

the registration officer is not required under paragraph (4), to send a canvass form to that address as part of the next annual canvass that the registration is required to conduct under section 9D of the 1983 Act.”