Legislation – The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

“(ab)

on grounds that the applicant’s circumstances on the date of the poll will be or are likely to be such that:

(i)

the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station allotted or likely to be allotted to the applicant under the appropriate rules as a result of following Scottish Government advice or the advice of a registered medical practitioner in relation to coronavirus; and

(ii)

the applicant became aware of this after 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made;”.