Running electoral registration - Scotland

You should conduct a type B review when you have doubts as to whether the person meets one or more of the eligibility criteria but you are not able to substantiate these by, for example, using other council records, and the elector has not responded to any previous request for information. 

Type B reviews enable you to require the elector to provide evidence of the following:

• age
• nationality
• information on any other aspect in connection with the requirements for registration 

The notice to the elector must state1 :

• that you are not satisfied that the elector is entitled to be registered
• your reason for the review
• a requirement for them to provide evidence of age or nationality as appropriate 

The notice should state that the elector has 28 calendar days from the date of the notice to supply the required evidence and that if they do not, their entry in the register may be deleted. You should highlight that it is an offence to provide false information to you. 

If the elector has not submitted satisfactory evidence or information within 28 days, you should proceed to a Type A review.2  

If the elector has submitted evidence or information within 28 days, you must notify the elector of the outcome of the review and state whether there is a right of appeal, including:3  

• the time within which notice of appeal must be given 
• any other information about the appeal that you consider appropriate

There may be circumstances where you determine that an elector should be deleted from the parliamentary register but they can be retained on the local government register. For example, their nationality may not qualify them for the parliamentary register.