Commentary on Provisions Part 7: Election pilots and democratic engagement Section 42 – Evaluation of registration of electors pilot provision by Electoral Commission
131.This section sets out that the Electoral Commission must prepare a report on the operation of the pilot, send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers, any local authority to which the pilot relates, the EMB and any ERO who proposed the pilot (if applicable) and publish the report. This must be done before the date specified in the regulations making the electoral registration pilot provision or such later date as the Commission and the Scottish Minister may agree.
132.The report must cover, a description of the way in which the provision made by the regulations differed from the provisions which would otherwise have applied, a copy of the registration of electors pilot provision, an assessment of the success or otherwise of the pilot provision, the arrangements made under the regulations to assist disabled persons, an assessment of whether persons found the procedures for registration easy to use, an assessment of whether the procedures provided under the regulations led to any incidence of, or increase in, impersonation or other electoral offences or in any other malpractice in connection with elections, an assessment of whether provision similar to that made by the regulations should apply generally, and on a permanent basis, and any other matter relating to the registration of electors pilot provision as the Scottish Ministers may direct.