- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (06/08/1995)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
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(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, a person is entitled to vote as an elector at a local election in any district electoral area if—
(a)he is resident there on the qualifying date and was resident in Northern Ireland during the whole of the period of three months ending on that date,
(b)on that date and on the date of the poll—
(i)he is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart), and
(ii)he is F1. . . a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland [F2or a relevant citizen of the Union], and
(c)he is of the age of eighteen years or over on the date of the poll.
(2)A person is not entitled to vote as an elector in any district electoral area unless registered there in the register of local electors to be used at the election.
(3)A person is not entitled to vote as an elector—
(a)more than once in the same district electoral area at any local election, or
(b)in more than one district electoral area at a local general election for any district.
(4)For the purposes of this section, a person does not attain the age of eighteen years until the beginning of the relevant anniversary of the day of his birth.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 1(1)(b)(ii) repealed (6.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1948, regs. 1(2), 4(1)(b)
F2Words in s. 1(1)(b)(ii) inserted (6.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1948, regs. 1(2), 4(1)(b)
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