Contents
- 1 Citation, commencement and transitional provision
- 2 Amendment of the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007
- 3 Emergency applications to vote by proxy on grounds that applicant is acting as a medical companion
- 4 Requirement to provide fresh signatures
1Citation, commencement and transitional provision#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 and come into force on 13 November 2026.
(2)Regulation 3 of these Regulations has no effect for the purposes of any election for which the date of the poll is on or before 5 May 2027.
2Amendment of the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007#
The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3Emergency applications to vote by proxy on grounds that applicant is acting as a medical companion#
In regulation 10 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote in respect of a particular election), after paragraph (5F), insert—“5G Paragraph (5H) applies where an application is made under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 after 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made, on the grounds that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the applicant’s allotted polling station because—a the applicant is acting as a companion to another person, whilst that person is receiving medical care or treatment, andb the medical care or treatment will take place, or is likely to take place, on the date of the poll for the election for which the application was made.5H An application to which paragraph (5G) applies must—a state the reason why the applicant was unable to make the application before 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made, andb be attested and signed by a person who—i is aged 16 years or over,ii knows the applicant, andiii is not related to the applicant.5I The person (“P”) attesting an application under paragraph (5H) must—a certify that the statement required by paragraph (5H)(a) and the information required by paragraph (1) are true to the best of P’s knowledge and belief,b state—i P’s name and address,ii that P is aged 16 years or over,iii that P knows, but is not related, to the applicant,5J For the purpose of this regulation, one person is related to another if the person is the spouse, civil partner, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild of the other.”
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