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45.—(1) The Appendix of Forms is amended as follows.
(2) In Form K, (proxy paper), in the section headed “Your Right to Vote as Proxy”, after paragraph 4 insert—
“5. If you have been appointed as a proxy on behalf of an elector who has an anonymous entry in the register, you can only vote by post. If you have not already been granted a postal vote, you should contact the electoral registration officer.”.
(3) In Form L (declaration of identity)—
(a)before “Name of witness” insert “*”;
(b)before “Address of witness” insert “*”;
(c)before the paragraph beginning “SEE INSTRUCTIONS” insert—
“*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)”; and
(d)in the section entitled “Instructions to the voter”, at the end of paragraph 1 insert “If you are an elector with an anonymous entry in the register, or you are the proxy for such a person, the name and address of the witness should not be included. However, you do need to sign this declaration in the presence of a witness and the witness must sign the form.”.
(4) In Form M (statement as to postal ballot papers)—
(a)after paragraph 10 insert—
“10A. Number of tendered postal ballot papers issued
10B. Number of covering envelopes for tendered postal ballot papers received”;
(b)after paragraph 13 insert—
“14. Number of tendered postal ballot papers marked rejected”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 45 in force at 15.9.2014, see reg. 1(1)
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