27(1)The amendment made by section 3 of this Act (read with paragraph 18 above) does not apply in relation to a proxy appointment for a relevant person (or the proxy's entitlement to vote) until the first occasion on which the relevant person makes a successful new application for registration in the relevant register.U.K.
(2)In this paragraph—
(a)“proxy appointment” means an appointment of a person as proxy under paragraph 6(7) or (8) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (whether made before, on or after the commencement date);
(b)“relevant register” means the register which relates to elections of the same kind as those to which the proxy appointment relates.
(3)If a proxy appointment ceases to be in force because sub-paragraph (1) ceases to preserve it, the officer must—
(a)notify the proxy and the relevant person in the prescribed manner, and
(b)take any other prescribed steps.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 27 in force at 10.6.2014 for E.W. and 19.9.2014 for S. by S.I. 2014/414, art. 5(m)
I2Sch. 5 para. 27 in force at 15.9.2014 for N.I. by S.I. 2014/2439, art. 2(m)