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3.—(1) Schedule 5 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (local elections rules)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In rule 25 (issue of official poll cards)(2)—
(a)in paragraph (2) omit “and a proxy’s to his address as shown in the list of proxies”; and
(b)after that paragraph insert—
“(2A) A proxy’s official poll card shall be sent or delivered to the address which—
(a)is shown as the proxy’s address in the list of proxies; or
(b)in the case of a proxy for an elector with an anonymous entry, would be so shown but for paragraph 2(4A) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985(3).”.
1962 c. 14 (N.I.); relevant amendments to Schedule 5 are referenced below.
Rule 25 was amended by S.I. 1987/168; S.I. 2010/2977 and S.I. 2014/1116. In addition, paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Elections Act 2001 (c. 7) made a non-textual amendment, and S.I. 2013/3156 made a non-textual amendment.
S.I. 1985/454; paragraph 2(4A) was inserted by S.I. 2014/1116. Other relevant amendments are referenced below.
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