Electoral Administration Act 2006

9 (1) Section 62 (offences as to declarations) is amended as follows. E+W+S

(2) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) A person who makes a declaration under section 9B(1)(b) above—

(a) except as permitted by this Act, when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote, or

(b) when he knows that it contains a statement which is false,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”

(3) In subsection (2) for “the reference in subsection (1) above to a legal incapacity to vote refers” substitute “ the references in subsections (1) and (1A) above to a legal incapacity to vote refer ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 paras. 2-16 extended (N.I.) (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 9 wholly in force at 1.1.2007, see s. 77 and S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 12(a) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)