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16. In regulation 53 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (additional requirements for applications for a proxy vote for a definite or indefinite period on grounds of blindness or any other disability)(1)—
(a)in paragraph (5)(a), for the words from “as a blind person” to the end, substitute—
“by the local authority which is specified in the application as—
(i)a blind person under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948; or
(ii)a person who is severely sight-impaired under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults); or”;
(b)in paragraph (6), after “section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948”, insert “or registered as severely sight-impaired by a local authority under section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults)”.
S.I. 2001/341; there are amendments not relevant to this instrument.
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