Commentary on Sections
4.The Act consists of 22 sections, which are largely modifications to existing electoral law, in particular the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”) and the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (“the 2001 Regulations”). The 2001 Regulations provide much of the operational detail of the registration system (amongst other things) and therefore reduction of the voting age requires modifications not just to the 1983 Act but to the detail of its operation. The Act includes a power (at section 20) to make further provision should either of these enactments be modified in future.