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Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985U.K.

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28(1)In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/454), paragraph 3 (proxies at local elections) is amended as follows.

(2)After sub-paragraph (1) insert—

(1A)A person is not capable of being appointed to vote, or voting, as proxy at a local election unless the person is or will be registered in—

(a)a register of local electors in Northern Ireland, or

(b)a register of local government electors in Great Britain maintained under section 9 of the 1983 Act.

(3)In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);

(b)omit paragraph (b).

(4)For sub-paragraph (4) substitute—

(4)A person—

(a)is not entitled to vote as proxy at a local election on behalf of more than two electors who do not fall within sub-paragraph (4A), but

(b)subject to paragraph (a), is entitled to vote as proxy at a local election on behalf of up to four electors.

(4A)An elector falls within this sub-paragraph if the elector is registered in a register of local electors in pursuance of a service declaration.

(4B)Where the polls for two or more local elections are held on the same day, references in sub-paragraph (4) to a local election are to all of those elections taken together.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 6 para. 28 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)

I2Sch. 6 para. 28(1) in force at 31.10.2023 for specified purposes by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 2(g)(iv)

I3Sch. 6 para. 28(1) in force at 31.1.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 4(e)(viii)

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