The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010

6.  After paragraph 5 insert— U.K.

“Additional requirement for applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from that in register

5B.— (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—

(a) in the case of an application to vote by post under paragraph 1(1), the addresses provided in accordance with paragraph 1(6) and paragraph 5(1)(b) are different;

(b) in the case of an application to vote by post under paragraph 2(1), the addresses provided in accordance with paragraph 2(5) and paragraph 5(1)(b) are different;

(c) in the case of an application by a proxy to vote by post under paragraph 4(4) or 4(6), the address provided in accordance with paragraph 4(11) and the address of the applicant provided in accordance with paragraph 5(1)(c) are different.

(2) The application must set out why the applicant's (“A”) circumstances will be or are likely to be such that A requires the ballot paper to be sent to the address provided in accordance with, as the case may be, paragraph 1(6), 2(5) or 4(11).

Additional requirements for applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from that shown in the record kept under paragraph 1(3) or 4(5).

5C.   An application under—

(a) paragraph 2(2)(a) by a person (“A”) shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 1(3); or

(b) paragraph 4(7) by a person (“A”) shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 4(5),

for A's ballot paper to be sent to a different address from that shown in the record must set out why A's circumstances will be or are likely to be such that A requires the ballot paper to be sent to that address.”.