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Amendments to Schedule 2 to the 2012 Order
13.—(1) In Schedule 2, paragraph 16 (closing date for applications) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), omit “or (5)”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2) omit “or (5)(b)”.
(4) After sub-paragraph (2)(a) insert—
“(aa)on grounds relating to the applicant’s occupation, service or employment and the applicant became aware of those grounds after 5 p.m. on the sixth day before the date of the poll at the election for which it is made, or”.
(5) In sub-paragraph (3), after “3(1)”, insert “, 3(5)”.
(6) After sub-paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A) Sub-paragraph (4B) applies to—
(a)any application or notice mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1) to (4);
(b)any application or notice mentioned in regulation 56 of the 2001 Regulations() or paragraph 26 of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004(), that would otherwise have effect in relation to a PCC election by virtue of paragraphs 2 and 4(2)(a) or 4(3)(a).
(4B) An application or notice to which this sub-paragraph applies must be disregarded for the purposes of the particular PCC election if, before the application or notice is considered by the registration officer, the elector or proxy has returned a postal ballot paper to the local returning officer (except where it has been returned in accordance with paragraph 41 or 42 (spoilt and lost postal ballot papers)).”
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