
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st March 2016.
2 
The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 9(2)(a)(i) and (4)(a) (attestation of applications for a proxy vote), for “aged 18” substitute “aged 16”;
(b) in the heading to regulation 17 (supply or disclosure of absent voting records), omit “: anonymous entries”; and
(c) in regulation 17—
(i) in paragraph (1), omit “in accordance with this regulation”; and
(ii) after paragraph (2), insert—“
(3) Where the registration officer supplies or discloses information covered by regulation 16(1)(a), he or she must ensure that it does not include any details of a person aged under 16 years of age, unless—
(a) the information has been requested for the purposes of a local government election;
(b) the notice of poll for that election has been published;
(c) the information is needed for the purposes of, or in connection with, that election; and
(d) that person will have attained the age of 16 on or before the date of the poll for that election.”.
MARCO BIAGI
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th January 2016