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Part 4 Regulation of expenditure
Part 5 Disqualification of offenders for holding elective office etc
Schedules
2.After section 13BC insert— Electoral identity document: Great Britain (1) An application for an electoral identity document may be...
3.(1) Section 13C (electoral identity card: Northern Ireland) is amended...
4.(1) Section 13CZA (provision of false information: application for electoral...
5.In section 56 (registration appeals: England and Wales), in subsection...
6.In section 58 (registration appeals: Northern Ireland), in subsection (1),...
7.After section 59 (supplemental provisions as to members of forces...
8.(1) Section 61 (other voting offences) is amended as follows....
9.In section 66B (failure to comply with conditions relating to...
10.Schedule 1 (Parliamentary elections rules) is amended in accordance with...
11.After rule 19A insert— Date of birth lists for polling...
12.In rule 25 (provision of polling stations), after paragraph (5)...
13.(1) Rule 26 (appointment of presiding officers and clerks) is...
14.In rule 28 (issue of official poll cards), after paragraph...
15.(1) Rule 29 (equipment of polling stations) is amended as...
17.(1) Rule 37 (voting procedure), as it extends to Northern...
18.(1) Rule 37 (voting procedure), as it extends to England...
19.In rule 38 (votes marked by presiding officer), for paragraph...
20.In rule 39 (voting by persons with disabilities), for paragraph...
21.(1) Rule 40 (tendered ballot papers) is amended as follows....
22.After rule 40ZA insert— Refusal to deliver ballot paper: Great...
23.In rule 40A— (a) for the heading substitute “Refusal to...
24.After rule 40A insert— Collection and disclosure of information relating...
25.In rule 43 (procedure on close of poll), after paragraph...
26.After rule 53A insert— Destruction of date of birth lists:...
27.In rule 54 (sealing up of ballot papers), after paragraph...
28.In rule 55 (delivery of documents to registration officer), after...
29.In rule 56 (orders for production of documents), after paragraph...
30.After rule 56 insert— Inspection of ballot paper refusal list:...
31.In rule 57 (retention and public inspection of documents), after...
32.In rule 58 (disposal of documents in Scotland), after paragraph...
34.Extension of Northern Ireland voter identification provisions to Great Britain
35.After section 7(4) of the Elections (Northern Ireland) Act 1985...
36.Section 5(2) of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002,...
37.After section 8(5) of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act...
38.Section 13CZA of RPA 1983 (provision of false information: application...
39.After section 27(3) of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...
Power to make regulations about registration, absent voting and other matters
2.Schedule 2 to RPA 1983 (provision which may be contained...
6.For paragraph 3A substitute— (1) Provision about— (a) applications for registration in Northern Ireland...
7.After paragraph 5 insert— (1) Provision about the manner in which relevant absent voting...
8.In paragraph 8B(1), for “or 10ZD” substitute “, 10ZD, 13BD,...
9.After paragraph 8B insert— (1) Provision requiring a registration officer in Great Britain to...
10.In paragraph 8C(1)— (a) in paragraph (a), for “or 10A”...
13.Power to make provision about unique reference numbers: elections in Northern Ireland
Restriction of period for which person can apply for postal vote
Proxy voting: limits and transitional provision
2.(1) Section 61 (other voting offences) is amended as follows....
3.In section 202 (general provisions as to interpretation), in subsection...
5.In Schedule 2 (provisions which may be contained in regulations...
8.Termination of certain proxy appointments on the specified day
9.(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a proxy appointment is...
10.Termination of applications for certain proxy appointments on the specified day
11.(1) An application for a proxy appointment that is made...
Local elections in Northern Ireland and elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Part 1 Local elections in Northern Ireland
2.In section 96 (provisions applying to all persons reported personally...
3.In section 108 (penalties for corrupt practices), in subsection (4)(a)(i),...
4.In section 112 (incapacities resulting from convictions for corrupt or...
5.In section 114 (corrupt and illegal practices committed by agents),...
6.Schedule 5 (local elections rules) is amended in accordance with...
7.In rule 5 (nomination of candidates), for paragraph (2A) substitute—...
8.In rule 12 (publication of statement of persons nominated), in...
9.After rule 16A insert— Date of birth lists (1) The returning officer must prepare the following lists for...
10.In rule 22 (provision of polling stations), after paragraph (4)...
11.In rule 23 (appointment of presiding officers and clerks), in...
12.(1) Rule 26 (equipment of polling stations) is amended as...
15.In rule 35 (votes marked by presiding officer), in paragraph...
16.(1) Rule 36 (voting by persons with disabilities) is amended...
18.In rule 38 (refusal to deliver ballot paper), in paragraph...
19.In rule 41(1) (sealing and delivery of documents etc), after...
20.(1) Rule 56A (destruction of home address forms) is amended...
23.Schedule 9 (electoral misdemeanours) is amended in accordance with paragraphs...
24.For paragraph 3 substitute— Undue influence (1) A person is guilty of undue influence if the...
25.After paragraph 5 insert— Handling of postal voting documents by...
26.(1) Paragraph 12A (illegal practices: voting offences) is amended as...
27.(1) Paragraph 27 (requirement of secrecy) is amended as follows....
Disqualification orders: minor and consequential amendments
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