The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Additional provisions concerning the requirements for applications for an absent vote

4.  After regulation 51 of the 2001 Regulations insert the following—

“Additional provision concerning the requirement that an application for an absent vote must be signed by the applicant

51A.   The registration officer may satisfy himself that an application for an absent vote meets the requirement in regulation 51(3) that it has been signed by the applicant by referring to any signature previously provided by the applicant to the registration officer or the returning officer.

Additional requirements for applications for ballot papers to be sent to different address from that shown in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) or 7(6) of Schedule 4

51B.   An application under—

(a) paragraph 4(3)(a) of Schedule 4 by a person shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 3(4) of that Schedule; or

(b) paragraph 7(7) of that Schedule by a person shown as voting by post in the record kept under paragraph 7(6) of that Schedule,

for his ballot paper to be sent to a different address from that shown in the record shall set out why the applicant’s circumstances will be or are likely to be such that he requires his ballot paper to be sent to that address.”.